Sojay Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Sojay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Sojay (40) may also be a first name.
Sojay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sojay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sojay is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sojay? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 5,057,639th most prevalent last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 93 percent of Sojay are found; 93 percent are found in West Africa and 93 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Sojay is also the 1,614,485th most widely held forename worldwide It is held by 40 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 14 people, or 1 in 12,653,054. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Kogi, where 79 percent live and Kaduna, where 7 percent live. Apart from Nigeria this last name is found in one country. It is also common in The Philippines, where 7 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 Sojay
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