Sholoye Surname
Approximately 151 people bear this surname
Sholoye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 135 | 1:1,312,169 | 51,890 |
| England | 11 | 1:5,065,278 | 148,650 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
Sholoye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sholoye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sholoye is most common in Nigeria. It may occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Sholoye.
How Common Is The Last Name Sholoye? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sholoye is the 1,428,594th most common surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 48,261,893 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 89 percent of Sholoye live; 89 percent live in West Africa and 89 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Sholoye is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 135 people, or 1 in 1,312,169. In Nigeria it is most common in: Ogun, where 46 percent reside, Lagos, where 41 percent reside and Oyo, where 8 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in England, where 7 percent reside and The United States, where 3 percent reside.
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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
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- 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 Sholoye
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