Sojah Surname
Approximately 221 people bear this surname
Sojah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 128 | 1:1,383,928 | 53,929 |
| Cameroon | 86 | 1:241,501 | 23,877 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sojah (117) may also be a first name.
Sojah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sojah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sojah (Hindi: सोजह) is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sojah? popularity and diffusion
Sojah is the 1,104,724th most frequent family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 32,975,321 people. The last name Sojah is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Sojah are found; 59 percent are found in West Africa and 58 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 864,112th most prevalent first name in the world, held by 117 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 128 people, or 1 in 1,383,928. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Kogi, where 22 percent are found, Adamawa, where 19 percent are found and Delta, where 13 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria this surname occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 39 percent are found and Liberia, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sojah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sojah in the Hindi language | ||
| सोजह | sojaha | - |
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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
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- 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 Sojah
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