Sufiu Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
Sufiu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 26 | 1:6,813,183 | 158,601 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
Sufiu (13) may also be a first name.
Sufiu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sufiu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sufiu is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sufiu? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,798,600th most frequently occurring family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Sufiu live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,159,357th most widely held first name on earth. It is borne by 13 people.
It is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 26 people, or 1 in 6,813,183. In Nigeria Sufiu is mostly concentrated in: Ogun, where 42 percent are found, Lagos, where 35 percent are found and Oyo, where 19 percent are found. Beside Nigeria this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in The Solomon Islands, where 4 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
- 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 Sufiu
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