Sosoya Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Sosoya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Peru | 3 | 1:10,594,708 | 45,902 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
Sosoya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sosoya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sosoya is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Sosoya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sosoya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 6,723,624th most frequently occurring last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name Sosoya occurs predominantly in Africa, where 50 percent of Sosoya are found; 50 percent are found in South America and 38 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Sosoya is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 59,047,586. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Ogun, where 100 percent are found. Barring Nigeria this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Peru, where 38 percent are found and Uganda, where 13 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
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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 Sosoya
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