Sohoya Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Sohoya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Sohoya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sohoya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sohoya is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Sohoya.
How Common Is The Last Name Sohoya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sohoya is the 8,968,613th most widespread last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sohoya are found; 50 percent are found in East Africa and 50 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
This surname is most widely held in South Africa, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 27,088,852. Barring South Africa this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 25 percent live and Uganda, where 25 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 Sohoya
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