Soraya Forename
3,002nd
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 347,411 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Iran
Soraya Forename User-submission:
The name Soraya comes from the name of a star in Farsi.
It was also the name of the first queen of Iran.
Soraya Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 100% | 155,337 | 1:505 | 109 |
| Algeria | 99% | 55,360 | 1:690 | 145 |
| Spain | 100% | 18,422 | 1:2,526 | 327 |
| Brazil | 100% | 17,312 | 1:12,375 | 1,307 |
| Thailand | 100% | 8,348 | 1:8,393 | 1,400 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 7,258 | 1:35,542 | 4,717 |
| France | 100% | 6,124 | 1:10,854 | 667 |
| United States | 100% | 6,102 | 1:59,413 | 3,150 |
| Angola | 100% | 5,803 | 1:4,647 | 734 |
| Mozambique | - | 5,760 | 1:4,730 | 908 |
| Egypt | 100% | 5,682 | 1:16,174 | 1,320 |
| Morocco | 100% | 5,487 | 1:6,260 | 600 |
| Ecuador | - | 5,222 | 1:3,395 | 455 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 3,559 | 1:8,486 | 954 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 3,416 | 1:3,054 | 485 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 3,391 | 1:47,025 | 4,127 |
| Mexico | 100% | 3,386 | 1:36,664 | 1,629 |
| South Africa | 100% | 3,326 | 1:16,396 | 2,422 |
| Colombia | 100% | 2,862 | 1:16,694 | 1,237 |
| Chile | 100% | 2,758 | 1:6,384 | 592 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 2,488 | 1:6,793 | 958 |
| Philippines | 99% | 2,256 | 1:46,990 | 3,485 |
| Argentina | 100% | 2,030 | 1:21,071 | 940 |
| England | 100% | 1,527 | 1:36,413 | 1,912 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 1,149 | 1:9,227 | 999 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1,107 | 1:27,834 | 3,534 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1,002 | 1:20,758 | 2,728 |
| Portugal | - | 719 | 1:14,480 | 785 |
| Peru | 100% | 701 | 1:45,352 | 2,413 |
| Belgium | 100% | 604 | 1:19,023 | 1,501 |
| Canada | 100% | 593 | 1:55,874 | 3,548 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 563 | 1:345,218 | 9,359 |
| Malaysia | 98% | 524 | 1:58,111 | 4,628 |
| Suriname | 100% | 494 | 1:1,119 | 222 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 478 | 1:7,171 | 612 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 425 | 1:14,161 | 1,260 |
| Cuba | - | 395 | 1:29,131 | 1,230 |
| El Salvador | - | 379 | 1:16,733 | 971 |
| Congo | 88% | 351 | 1:14,271 | 1,652 |
| Honduras | 100% | 351 | 1:25,121 | 1,610 |
| Germany | 100% | 306 | 1:315,941 | 4,021 |
| Panama | 100% | 301 | 1:12,979 | 1,549 |
| Ghana | - | 281 | 1:96,036 | 4,158 |
| Haiti | 100% | 268 | 1:40,026 | 2,796 |
| Sweden | 100% | 226 | 1:43,619 | 2,393 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 190 | 1:43,229 | 2,038 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 189 | 1:37,841 | 3,543 |
| Samoa | - | 183 | 1:1,067 | 329 |
| Gabon | 100% | 160 | 1:11,771 | 1,796 |
| DR Congo | 86% | 137 | 1:538,888 | 18,632 |
| New Zealand | - | 134 | 1:33,851 | 2,149 |
| Australia | - | 132 | 1:103,467 | 3,666 |
| Bahrain | - | 118 | 1:11,429 | 1,802 |
| Italy | 100% | 109 | 1:560,203 | 5,777 |
| Qatar | 100% | 107 | 1:22,146 | 3,142 |
| Kuwait | - | 104 | 1:36,397 | 3,425 |
| India | 100% | 102 | 1:11,910,568 | 336,995 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 88 | 1:183,050 | 2,913 |
| French Polynesia | - | 76 | 1:3,657 | 697 |
| Wales | 99% | 74 | 1:41,815 | 1,591 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 73 | 1:48,634 | 1,376 |
| Scotland | 100% | 62 | 1:86,296 | 2,154 |
| Israel | 98% | 58 | 1:144,878 | 5,262 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 55 | 1:24,753 | 2,750 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 53 | 1:89,961 | 3,026 |
| Aruba | - | 50 | 1:2,076 | 432 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 50 | 1:144,736 | 2,868 |
| Austria | 100% | 46 | 1:185,091 | 2,885 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 42 | 1:367,234 | 18,418 |
| Norway | 100% | 37 | 1:138,712 | 3,970 |
| Tunisia | - | 36 | 1:18,803 | 1,448 |
| Denmark | - | 33 | 1:171,197 | 4,043 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 32 | 1:5,557 | 900 |
| Cape Verde | 100% | 29 | 1:18,247 | 1,432 |
| Madagascar | - | 25 | 1:945,176 | 2,170 |
| Senegal | 100% | 25 | 1:583,254 | 7,036 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 23 | 1:1,003,301 | 29,672 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 22 | 1:12,280 | 1,140 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 18 | 1:1,021,082 | 27,989 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 14 | 1:1,543,607 | 35,722 |
| Ireland | - | 13 | 1:357,194 | 5,120 |
| Czechia | 100% | 13 | 1:819,705 | 3,136 |
| Singapore | 100% | 13 | 1:483,620 | 11,161 |
| Kenya | 100% | 12 | 1:3,858,926 | 23,691 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 12 | 1:204,896 | 3,859 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 11 | 1:51,277 | 1,980 |
| China | - | 10 | 1:136,605,578 | 66,281 |
| Croatia | 100% | 10 | 1:421,708 | 5,130 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 9 | 1:11,044 | 1,733 |
| Cambodia | 60% | 9 | 1:1,808,148 | 22,232 |
| Gibraltar | - | 9 | 1:3,793 | 625 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 9 | 1:21,333 | 1,816 |
| Belize | 100% | 8 | 1:44,289 | 3,463 |
| Jersey | - | 8 | 1:12,498 | 955 |
| Russia | 100% | 8 | 1:18,029,213 | 55,117 |
| Zambia | - | 8 | 1:1,981,849 | 20,512 |
| Japan | - | 7 | 1:18,283,722 | 43,935 |
| Namibia | - | 7 | 1:343,454 | 5,692 |
| Niger | 100% | 7 | 1:2,740,571 | 30,052 |
| Turkey | 100% | 7 | 1:11,114,530 | 34,230 |
| Afghanistan | - | 6 | 1:5,437,253 | 29,511 |
| Curaçao | - | 5 | 1:31,161 | 859 |
| Nigeria | - | 5 | 1:35,512,872 | 242,191 |
| Finland | 90% | 4 | 1:1,370,796 | 11,464 |
| Greece | - | 4 | 1:2,733,637 | 12,935 |
| Hong Kong | - | 4 | 1:1,938,181 | 8,439 |
| Jamaica | - | 4 | 1:720,807 | 13,486 |
| Malta | - | 4 | 1:107,340 | 2,111 |
| Poland | 91% | 4 | 1:9,506,778 | 5,827 |
| Guyana | - | 3 | 1:254,421 | 14,062 |
| Monaco | - | 3 | 1:12,822 | 1,634 |
| Syria | - | 3 | 1:6,435,358 | 7,086 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 3 | 1:7,923,227 | 99,341 |
| Barbados | - | 2 | 1:144,894 | 2,643 |
| Brunei | 100% | 2 | 1:209,785 | 2,478 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 2 | 1:3,495,195 | 19,668 |
| Hungary | 100% | 2 | 1:4,895,886 | 4,852 |
| Jordan | - | 2 | 1:4,413,387 | 8,826 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 100% | 2 | 1:3,158 | 343 |
| Yemen | - | 2 | 1:13,148,376 | 10,677 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 1 | 1:1,843,146 | 3,737 |
| Albania | - | 1 | 1:3,046,570 | 49,159 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Anguilla | - | 1 | 1:13,255 | 1,687 |
| Armenia | - | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Bahamas | - | 1 | 1:399,370 | 4,606 |
| Belarus | - | 1 | 1:9,482,384 | 20,892 |
| Botswana | - | 1 | 1:2,184,449 | 21,741 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| Burundi | - | 1 | 1:9,906,559 | 2,558 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 1 | 1:61,299 | 2,487 |
| Chad | 100% | 1 | 1:13,598,398 | 15,363 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| Guinea | - | 1 | 1:11,858,647 | 7,978 |
| Iraq | - | 1 | 1:35,017,859 | 22,933 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Lebanon | - | 1 | 1:5,627,571 | 19,299 |
| Liberia | 100% | 1 | 1:4,412,061 | 36,340 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1:6,221,309 | 3,060 |
| North Macedonia | - | 1 | 1:2,090,757 | 15,787 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Mauritania | 100% | 1 | 1:4,095,239 | 27,701 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 1 | 1:318,133 | 3,044 |
| Oman | - | 1 | 1:4,108,667 | 12,526 |
| Papua New Guinea | - | 1 | 1:8,152,314 | 202,620 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| San Marino | - | 1 | 1:32,920 | 787 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| Ukraine | - | 1 | 1:45,499,908 | 32,056 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:109,747 | 4,493 |
| Vietnam | - | 1 | 1:92,623,113 | 10,484 |
The alternate forms: Soráya (1) & Söraya (1) are calculated separately.
Soraya (16,077) may also be a surname.
Soraya Forename Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The name Soraya comes from the name of a star in Farsi.
It was also the name of the first queen of Iran.
- nikimSoraya Forename Popularity
Soraya Demographics
Average Soraya Salary in
United States
$49,053 USD
Per year
Rank:
135,927 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.00170542
Rank: 3,034 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
112.69%
Sample size: 2,866 (2014)
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD
Phonetically Similar Names
Soraya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Soraya in the Russian language | ||
| Сорая | soraa | - |
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