Sofolabo Surname

1,001,271st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 255 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Sofolabo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Sofolabo Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2531:700,16932,315
England21:27,859,030389,889

Sofolabo Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sofolabo is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sofolabo? popularity and diffusion

The last name Sofolabo is the 1,001,271st most frequently occurring last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 28,578,611 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Sofolabo are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 253 people, or 1 in 700,169. In Nigeria Sofolabo is mostly found in: Ogun, where 62 percent live, Lagos, where 23 percent live and Oyo, where 6 percent live. Apart from Nigeria Sofolabo exists in one country. It is also common in England, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shofolabo94208/
Sofalabo883/
Sofolawo881/
Shofolawo822/
Shofalabo821/
Sofolova751/
Shofolova718/
Safolova635,234/
Safalawo63171/
Safalawa501/

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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 Sofolabo
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