Soleye Surname
Approximately 1,526 people bear this surname
Soleye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,480 | 1:119,691 | 7,907 |
| England | 25 | 1:2,228,722 | 84,230 |
| United States | 14 | 1:25,889,924 | 709,614 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Soleye (58) may also be a first name.
Soleye Demographics
Soleye Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Soleye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Soleye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Soleye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻮﻟﻲ) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Soleye.
How Common Is The Last Name Soleye? popularity and diffusion
The last name Soleye is the 257,936th most numerous last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,775,587 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Soleye reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Soleye is also the 1,295,729th most frequently occurring first name at a global level, held by 58 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,480 people, or 1 in 119,691. In Nigeria Soleye is mostly concentrated in: Ogun, where 44 percent reside, Lagos, where 17 percent reside and Oyo, where 10 percent reside. Besides Nigeria this last name is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in England, where 2 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.
Soleye Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is predominantly Christian (74%) in Nigeria.
Soleye earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 21.61% less than the national average, earning $33,825 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Soleye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Soleye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﻮﻟﻲ | swly | - |
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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 Soleye
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