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
Soroye (Hindi: सोरोये) occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Soroye? popularity and diffusion
The surname Soroye is the 722,496th most commonly occurring last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 18,083,240 people. This surname occurs mostly 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 widespread forename throughout the world, borne by 17 people.
The surname Soroye is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 371 people, or 1 in 477,474. In Nigeria Soroye is mostly concentrated in: Ogun, where 44 percent live, Lagos, where 31 percent live and Oyo, where 13 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also common 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
- 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 Soroye
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