Soteye Surname
Approximately 26 people bear this surname
Soteye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 25 | 1:7,085,710 | 162,099 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Soteye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Soteye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Soteye is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Soteye? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,882,373rd most commonly used family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 280,290,228 people. The surname Soteye is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Soteye live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 25 people, or 1 in 7,085,710. In Nigeria Soteye is most frequent in: Lagos, where 72 percent reside, Ogun, where 16 percent reside and Oyo, where 12 percent reside. Beside Nigeria Soteye exists in one country. It is also found in Tanzania, where 4 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 Soteye
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