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) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Somoye? popularity and diffusion
The surname Somoye is the 221,950th most common last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 3,967,091 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of Somoye are found; 93 percent are found in West Africa and 93 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 268,007th most commonly held forename worldwide, held by 915 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 1,704 people, or 1 in 103,957. In Nigeria Somoye is most numerous in: Ogun, where 54 percent reside, Lagos, where 30 percent reside and Oyo, where 7 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria Somoye exists in 12 countries. It is also found in England, where 4 percent reside and The United States, where 2 percent reside.
Somoye Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Somoye last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 100% registered to vote for 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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