Soyelu Surname
Approximately 111 people bear this surname
Soyelu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 110 | 1:1,610,389 | 60,100 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Soyelu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Soyelu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Soyelu is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Soyelu.
How Common Is The Last Name Soyelu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,736,881st most commonly used last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 65,653,567 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Soyelu reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 110 people, or 1 in 1,610,389. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Ogun, where 52 percent reside, Lagos, where 16 percent reside and Plateau, where 13 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria this surname is found in one country. It is also common in England, where 1 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 Soyelu
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