Sofekun Surname
Approximately 196 people bear this surname
Sofekun Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 174 | 1:1,018,062 | 42,870 |
| England | 20 | 1:2,785,903 | 97,972 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sofekun Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sofekun Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sofekun is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sofekun? popularity and diffusion
Sofekun is the 1,202,518th most commonly occurring family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 37,181,357 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 89 percent of Sofekun are found; 89 percent are found in West Africa and 89 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This last name is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 174 people, or 1 in 1,018,062. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Ogun, where 57 percent live, Lagos, where 37 percent live and Abia, where 1 percent live. Aside from Nigeria Sofekun is found in 3 countries. It is also found in England, where 10 percent live and Poland, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shofekun | 93 | 45 | / |
| Shoefekun | 88 | 1 | / |
| Safekun | 86 | 5 | / |
| Sofokun | 86 | 1 | / |
| Shofakun | 80 | 2 | / |
| Safikun | 71 | 15 | / |
| Sophakun | 67 | 1,405 | / |
| Sophikun | 67 | 185 | / |
| Shafikun | 67 | 13 | / |
| Sephakun | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sophitkun | 63 | 22 | / |
| Sophakkun | 63 | 21 | / |
| Sophakhun | 63 | 4 | / |
| Seephikun | 63 | 1 | / |
| Shafikunt | 63 | 1 | / |
| Souphakoun | 59 | 7 | / |
| Saphikun | 53 | 51 | / |
| Safikoun | 53 | 1 | / |
| Saphakkun | 50 | 4 | / |
| Saphakhun | 50 | 2 | / |
| Shafiqaun | 50 | 1 | / |
| Saphikoen | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Sofekun
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