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 most frequently in Nigeria. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sofekun? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,202,518th most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 37,181,357 people. The last name Sofekun occurs predominantly in Africa, where 89 percent of Sofekun reside; 89 percent reside in West Africa and 89 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Sofekun is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 174 people, or 1 in 1,018,062. In Nigeria Sofekun is primarily concentrated in: Ogun, where 57 percent reside, Lagos, where 37 percent reside and Abia, where 1 percent reside. Not including Nigeria this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in England, where 10 percent reside and Poland, where 1 percent reside.
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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