Sorinola Surname

325,895th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,141 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Sorinola Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sorinola Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1,1221:157,8819,931
England141:3,979,861125,553
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288

Sorinola (21) may also be a first name.

Sorinola Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Sorinola Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Sorinola has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Sorinola click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sorinola? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 325,895th most frequently used surname on earth, held by around 1 in 6,386,982 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Sorinola reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,368,944th most common given name in the world. It is borne by 21 people.

The surname Sorinola is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 1,122 people, or 1 in 157,881. In Nigeria Sorinola is mostly found in: Ogun, where 76 percent live, Lagos, where 14 percent live and Oyo, where 4 percent live. Barring Nigeria this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.

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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 Sorinola
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