Shogbesan Surname

367,445th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 980 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Shogbesan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shogbesan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria9671:183,18811,190
England61:9,286,343223,652
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437

Shogbesan (24) may also be a first name.

Shogbesan Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Shogbesan Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Shogbesan is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Shogbesan? popularity and diffusion

The surname Shogbesan is the 367,445th most commonly occurring family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 7,436,271 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Shogbesan are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Shogbesan is also the 2,187,323rd most commonly used first name worldwide, held by 24 people.

The surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 967 people, or 1 in 183,188. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Lagos, where 51 percent are found, Ogun, where 36 percent are found and Osun, where 4 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also common in England, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sogbesan941,986/
Shogbeson897/
Sogbesane892/
Shaagbesan843/
Sogbeson8214/
Sagbesan824/
Sogbasan823/
Sugbesan822/
Segbesan821/
Sogbesam821/
Segbessan781/
Sagbasan7127/
Segbasen591/
Sagbason591/
Chotkwisan537/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Shogbesan
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