Soruba Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Soruba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
Soruba (20) may also be a first name.
Soruba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Soruba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Soruba is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Soruba? popularity and diffusion
It is the 8,193,072nd most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname Soruba is mostly found in Africa, where 80 percent of Soruba are found; 60 percent are found in West Africa and 60 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,446,817th most frequently held first name globally It is held by 20 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 59,047,586. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Lagos, where 100 percent reside. Not including Nigeria this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Poland, where 20 percent reside and Sudan, where 20 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 Soruba
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