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 in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sojah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sojah is the 1,104,724th most frequent surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 32,975,321 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Sojah live; 59 percent live in West Africa and 58 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Sojah is also the 864,112th most commonly held first name internationally It is held by 117 people.
This last name is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is held by 128 people, or 1 in 1,383,928. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Kogi, where 22 percent live, Adamawa, where 19 percent live and Delta, where 13 percent live. Not including Nigeria it occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 39 percent live and Liberia, where 1 percent live.
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
- 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 Sojah
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