Sodje Surname
Approximately 2,247 people bear this surname
Sodje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,899 | 1:93,282 | 6,441 |
| Niger | 139 | 1:138,072 | 5,185 |
| Benin | 107 | 1:96,594 | 11,054 |
| England | 47 | 1:1,185,491 | 55,443 |
| Cameroon | 28 | 1:741,752 | 52,682 |
| Ivory Coast | 10 | 1:2,307,123 | 39,352 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
The alternate forms: Södje (1) are calculated separately.
Sodje (163) may also be a first name.
Sodje Demographics
Average Sodje Salary in
United States
$55,000 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Sodje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sodje Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sodje is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Södje. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sodje? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 188,233rd most widespread last name on earth, held by around 1 in 3,243,234 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Sodje reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 90 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 717,791st most commonly occurring first name internationally, borne by 163 people.
The surname Sodje is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,899 people, or 1 in 93,282. In Nigeria Sodje is mostly found in: Delta, where 82 percent reside, Lagos, where 4 percent reside and Rivers, where 4 percent reside. Barring Nigeria Sodje is found in 12 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 6 percent reside and Benin, where 5 percent reside.
Sodje Last Name Statistics demography
Sodje earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 27.47% more than the national average, earning $55,000 USD per year.
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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 Sodje
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