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 occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Soruba? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 8,193,072nd most prevalent surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. This last name occurs mostly 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 used first name at a global level, held by 20 people.
Soruba is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 59,047,586. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Lagos, where 100 percent live. Excluding Nigeria Soruba exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Poland, where 20 percent live and Sudan, where 20 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
- 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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