Soroye Surname
Approximately 403 people bear this surname
Soroye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 371 | 1:477,474 | 24,038 |
| England | 16 | 1:3,482,379 | 114,324 |
| Canada | 7 | 1:5,263,656 | 239,735 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Soroye (17) may also be a first name.
Soroye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Soroye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Soroye (Hindi: सोरोये) is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Soroye? popularity and diffusion
The surname Soroye is the 722,496th most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 18,083,240 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 92 percent of Soroye are found; 92 percent are found in West Africa and 92 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Soroye is also the 2,694,839th most frequently occurring given name world-wide, held by 17 people.
The surname Soroye is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 371 people, or 1 in 477,474. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Ogun, where 44 percent live, Lagos, where 31 percent live and Oyo, where 13 percent live. Other than Nigeria Soroye occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in England, where 4 percent live and Canada, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Soroye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Soroye in the Hindi language | ||
| सोरोये | soroye | - |
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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 Soroye
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