Sofela Surname
Approximately 1,254 people bear this surname
Sofela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,170 | 1:151,404 | 9,599 |
| England | 54 | 1:1,031,816 | 50,675 |
| United States | 17 | 1:21,321,114 | 641,998 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
Sofela (66) may also be a first name.
Sofela Demographics
Average Sofela Salary in
England
£24,750
Per year
Average Salary in
England
£26,976
Per year
Sofela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sofela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sofela is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Sofela click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sofela? popularity and diffusion
Sofela is the 302,643rd most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 5,811,440 people. The last name Sofela is predominantly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Sofela live; 93 percent live in West Africa and 93 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Sofela is also the 1,201,840th most numerous forename globally. It is borne by 66 people.
It is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,170 people, or 1 in 151,404. In Nigeria it is most common in: Ogun, where 59 percent live, Lagos, where 22 percent live and Oyo, where 11 percent live. Outside of Nigeria Sofela exists in 7 countries. It is also common in England, where 4 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.
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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 Sofela
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