Sofoke Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Dominican Republic

Sofoke Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sofoke Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Sofoke Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Sofoke Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Sofoke is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Sofoke? popularity and diffusion

Sofoke is the 8,193,072nd most frequently used family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname Sofoke occurs mostly in Africa, where 60 percent of Sofoke live; 60 percent live in West Africa and 60 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 59,047,586. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Ogun, where 100 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The Dominican Republic, where 20 percent reside and The United States, where 20 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sofeke8329/
Sefoke832/
Safoket777/
Sofak735/
Safok731/
Sefoukhe711/
Soffecke710/
Safouk673,824/
Sofack67518/
Sefake6791/
Soufak679/
Soffak678/
Jofake675/
Sefeke674/
Safoka673/
Sofaki673/
Sofaka673/
Safook671/
Zofock671/
Sofoca671/

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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 Sofoke
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