Sogba Surname
Approximately 1,551 people bear this surname
Sogba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 895 | 1:11,548 | 1,578 |
| Togo | 525 | 1:13,805 | 3,854 |
| Nigeria | 61 | 1:2,903,980 | 91,283 |
| Burkina Faso | 58 | 1:316,416 | 5,491 |
| Liberia | 7 | 1:629,791 | 27,063 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Sogba (186) may also be a first name.
Sogba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sogba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sogba is more commonly found in Benin than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sogba? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sogba is the 254,576th most numerous surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 4,698,611 people. The last name Sogba is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sogba live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 667,122nd most commonly held first name worldwide, borne by 186 people.
The last name is most common in Benin, where it is carried by 895 people, or 1 in 11,548. In Benin Sogba is mostly concentrated in: Kouffo Department, where 65 percent reside, Mono Department, where 17 percent reside and Zou Department, where 5 percent reside. Outside of Benin this last name occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Togo, where 34 percent reside and Nigeria, where 4 percent reside.
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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 Sogba
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