Sobaye Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Sobaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Sobaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sobaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sobaye is found most in Nigeria. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sobaye? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 6,723,624th most commonly used family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name Sobaye occurs mostly in Africa, where 63 percent of Sobaye reside; 50 percent reside in West Africa and 50 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 44,285,690. In Nigeria Sobaye is most common in: Osun, where 100 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria Sobaye is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Colombia, where 13 percent reside and Iran, where 13 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 Sobaye
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