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
The last name Soteye has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Soteye? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,882,373rd most numerous surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 280,290,228 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Soteye reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 96 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Soteye is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 25 people, or 1 in 7,085,710. In Nigeria Soteye is most numerous in: Lagos, where 72 percent live, Ogun, where 16 percent live and Oyo, where 12 percent live. Beside Nigeria Soteye occurs in one country. It is also found in Tanzania, where 4 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 Soteye
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