Soyinka Surname

127,977th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,543 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Soyinka Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Soyinka Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3,4901:50,7573,892
England351:1,591,94567,242
Ireland141:336,35312,021
Trinidad and Tobago21:681,98817,017
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Wales11:3,094,53244,023

Soyinka (252) may also be a first name.

Soyinka Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Soyinka Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Soyinka has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Soyinka? popularity and diffusion

The last name Soyinka is the 127,977th most numerous surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 2,056,886 people. Soyinka occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Soyinka reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 561,423rd most widespread forename world-wide, borne by 252 people.

This surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 3,490 people, or 1 in 50,757. In Nigeria Soyinka is most prevalent in: Ogun, where 58 percent are found, Lagos, where 23 percent are found and Oyo, where 10 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in England, where 1 percent are found and Ireland, where 0 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
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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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