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 surname Soruba has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Soruba click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Soruba? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 8,193,072nd most common family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The last name Soruba occurs predominantly in Africa, where 80 percent of Soruba reside; 60 percent reside in West Africa and 60 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Soruba is also the 2,446,817th most frequently occurring first name on earth. It is borne by 20 people.
The last name Soruba is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 59,047,586. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Lagos, where 100 percent are found. Not including Nigeria this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Poland, where 20 percent are found and Sudan, where 20 percent are found.
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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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