Sopeya Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Sopeya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Sopeya (46) may also be a first name.
Sopeya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sopeya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sopeya occurs more in The DR Congo more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sopeya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 7,117,718th most widespread last name globally, held by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The surname Sopeya occurs mostly in Africa, where 71 percent of Sopeya are found; 57 percent are found in Central Africa and 57 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Sopeya is also the 1,484,914th most commonly occurring first name internationally, borne by 46 people.
It is most frequently used in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 18,469,892. Aside from The DR Congo this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in India, where 29 percent reside and South Africa, where 14 percent reside.
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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 Sopeya
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