Sodeya Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Sodeya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 10 | 1:2,076,907 | 105,188 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
Sodeya (20) may also be a first name.
Sodeya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sodeya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sodeya has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sodeya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 5,213,395th most commonly held family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sodeya live; 64 percent live in Central Africa and 57 percent live in Adamawa-Ubangian Africa. It is also the 2,446,817th most common given name at a global level, borne by 20 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 2,076,907. In Cameroon Sodeya is primarily concentrated in: Adamawa Region, where 80 percent reside, East Region, where 10 percent reside and North Region, where 10 percent reside. Outside of Cameroon this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 29 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 Sodeya
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