Sosoye Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Sosoye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
Sosoye (10) may also be a first name.
Sosoye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sosoye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sosoye is found most in Nigeria. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sosoye? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sosoye is the 6,360,413th most widely held last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 89 percent of Sosoye live; 89 percent live in West Africa and 89 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most frequent given name world-wide, borne by 10 people.
This last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 22,142,845. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Rivers, where 63 percent are found and Ondo, where 38 percent are found. Other than Nigeria this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in Belgium, where 11 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 Sosoye
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