Soniyi Surname
Approximately 194 people bear this surname
Soniyi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 176 | 1:1,006,493 | 42,496 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Croatia | 4 | 1:1,057,151 | 57,892 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
Soniyi (20) may also be a first name.
Soniyi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Soniyi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Soniyi (Hindi: सोनियी) is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Soniyi? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,210,518th most commonly held last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 37,564,670 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 93 percent of Soniyi reside; 91 percent reside in West Africa and 91 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Soniyi is also the 2,446,817th most prevalent first name at a global level, held by 20 people.
The surname Soniyi is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 176 people, or 1 in 1,006,493. In Nigeria Soniyi is primarily concentrated in: Ogun, where 59 percent live, Lagos, where 34 percent live and Oyo, where 7 percent live. Besides Nigeria it occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in England, where 3 percent live and Croatia, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Soniyi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Soniyi in the Hindi language | ||
| सोनियी | soniyi | - |
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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 Soniyi
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