Somoye Surname
Approximately 1,837 people bear this surname
Somoye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,704 | 1:103,957 | 7,001 |
| England | 69 | 1:807,508 | 43,459 |
| United States | 45 | 1:8,054,643 | 356,745 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
Somoye (915) may also be a first name.
Somoye Demographics
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Somoye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Somoye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Somoye (Marathi: सोमोये, Russian: Сомойе) is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Somoye? popularity and diffusion
The last name Somoye is the 221,950th most commonly used family name globally, borne by around 1 in 3,967,091 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Somoye reside; 93 percent reside in West Africa and 93 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 268,007th most frequently used first name world-wide It is held by 915 people.
It is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is held by 1,704 people, or 1 in 103,957. In Nigeria it is most common in: Ogun, where 54 percent live, Lagos, where 30 percent live and Oyo, where 7 percent live. Excluding Nigeria this last name exists in 12 countries. It is also found in England, where 4 percent live and The United States, where 2 percent live.
Somoye Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Somoye surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% registered with the political party.
Somoye earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 68.89% more than the national average, earning $72,875 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Somoye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Somoye in the Marathi language | ||
| सोमोये | somoye | - |
| Somoye in the Russian language | ||
| Сомойе | somoje | - |
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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 Somoye
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