Sonoye Surname
Approximately 18 people bear this surname
Sonoye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 17 | 1:10,420,162 | 203,261 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Sonoye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sonoye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sonoye is most common in Nigeria. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sonoye? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,649,889th most frequently occurring surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. The last name Sonoye occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Sonoye reside; 94 percent reside in West Africa and 94 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Sonoye is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 17 people, or 1 in 10,420,162. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Ogun, where 82 percent are found and Lagos, where 18 percent are found. Besides Nigeria Sonoye is found in one country. It also occurs in England, where 6 percent are found.
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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 Sonoye
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