Soyinka Surname
Approximately 3,543 people bear this surname
Soyinka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 3,490 | 1:50,757 | 3,892 |
| England | 35 | 1:1,591,945 | 67,242 |
| Ireland | 14 | 1:336,353 | 12,021 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 2 | 1:681,988 | 17,017 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
Soyinka (252) may also be a first name.
Soyinka Demographics
Average Soyinka Salary in
England
£23,100
Per year
Average Salary in
England
£26,976
Per year
Soyinka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Soyinka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Soyinka is found most in Nigeria. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Soyinka? popularity and diffusion
The last name Soyinka is the 127,977th most common last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 2,056,886 people. The surname Soyinka occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Soyinka are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Soyinka is also the 561,423rd most frequently used first name in the world, borne by 252 people.
The surname Soyinka is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 3,490 people, or 1 in 50,757. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Ogun, where 58 percent live, Lagos, where 23 percent live and Oyo, where 10 percent live. Beside Nigeria Soyinka is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent live and Ireland, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shoyinka | 93 | 1,494 | / |
| Soyinkah | 93 | 1 | / |
| Soynka | 92 | 4 | / |
| Soinka | 92 | 3 | / |
| Soyinke | 86 | 6 | / |
| Sayinka | 86 | 4 | / |
| Seyinka | 86 | 3 | / |
| Soyimka | 86 | 3 | / |
| Shayinka | 80 | 2 | / |
| Soyinkou | 80 | 2 | / |
| Shoincka | 80 | 2 | / |
| Choyinka | 80 | 1 | / |
| Sainka | 77 | 10 | / |
| Suinka | 77 | 6 | / |
| Soinki | 77 | 5 | / |
| Soynke | 77 | 4 | / |
| Seinka | 77 | 4 | / |
| Soinke | 77 | 2 | / |
| Sounka | 77 | 2 | / |
| Soynko | 77 | 1 | / |
| Soenka | 77 | 1 | / |
| Shayingka | 75 | 1 | / |
| Choinka | 71 | 472 | / |
| Soinkei | 71 | 298 | / |
| Soyanke | 71 | 76 | / |
| Sounkoa | 71 | 56 | / |
| Seyinko | 71 | 20 | / |
| Soyanki | 71 | 15 | / |
| Shounka | 71 | 11 | / |
| Suyanka | 71 | 9 | / |
| Seyanka | 71 | 6 | / |
| Jeyinka | 71 | 3 | / |
| Shoymka | 71 | 3 | / |
| Siyanka | 71 | 2 | / |
| Soyenko | 71 | 2 | / |
| Sayanka | 71 | 2 | / |
| Saingka | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sayenka | 71 | 1 | / |
| Soianki | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sojanka | 71 | 1 | / |
| Shainka | 71 | 1 | / |
| Soyncay | 71 | 1 | / |
| Seingka | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sounkai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sheinka | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sojenka | 71 | 1 | / |
| Schuinka | 67 | 11 | / |
| Soyankhe | 67 | 4 | / |
| Szyionko | 67 | 3 | / |
| Soungkay | 67 | 2 | / |
| Shayanka | 67 | 1 | / |
| Joyenkay | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shienkaa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sheinkaa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zoeyanka | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sijangka | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sayankai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shayinca | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Soyinka
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