Soboye Surname
Approximately 67 people bear this surname
Soboye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 54 | 1:3,280,421 | 99,135 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
Soboye (14) may also be a first name.
Soboye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Soboye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Soboye is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Soboye? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,333,370th most numerous family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 108,769,342 people. The last name Soboye occurs mostly in Africa, where 84 percent of Soboye are found; 84 percent are found in West Africa and 82 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,024,661st most frequently occurring first name in the world. It is borne by 14 people.
The surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 54 people, or 1 in 3,280,421. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Ogun, where 37 percent are found, Lagos, where 31 percent are found and Bayelsa, where 19 percent are found. Other than Nigeria Soboye exists in 4 countries. It is also found in England, where 15 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Soboye
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