Sobiyi Surname
Approximately 112 people bear this surname
Sobiyi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 110 | 1:1,610,389 | 60,100 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
Sobiyi (13) may also be a first name.
Sobiyi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sobiyi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sobiyi is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sobiyi? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sobiyi is the 1,727,723rd most common last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 65,067,374 people. Sobiyi occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sobiyi reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,159,357th most common first name on earth, held by 13 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 110 people, or 1 in 1,610,389. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Ogun, where 47 percent reside, Oyo, where 19 percent reside and Lagos, where 17 percent reside. Beside Nigeria this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 2 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 Sobiyi
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