Soaya Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Soaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Soaya (22) may also be a first name.
Soaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Soaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Soaya is found most in Nigeria. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Soaya.
How Common Is The Last Name Soaya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 6,063,924th most prevalent surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 60 percent of Soaya live; 50 percent live in West Africa and 50 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,301,746th most commonly held forename globally It is held by 22 people.
The surname Soaya is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 35,428,552. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Ekiti, where 100 percent reside. Beside Nigeria Soaya exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Thailand, where 20 percent reside and Cameroon, where 10 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
- 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 Soaya
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