Seoul Surname
Approximately 244 people bear this surname
Seoul Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yemen | 214 | 1:123,483 | 6,743 |
| Afghanistan | 20 | 1:1,607,659 | 12,727 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
Seoul (194) may also be a first name.
Seoul Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Seoul Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Seoul (Arabic: سول) occurs more in Yemen more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Seoul? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,032,007th most commonly held last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 29,866,991 people. The last name Seoul is mostly found in Asia, where 98 percent of Seoul live; 88 percent live in West Asia and 88 percent live in Arabian Peninsula. Seoul is also the 651,944th most frequently used first name world-wide, borne by 194 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Yemen, where it is held by 214 people, or 1 in 123,483. In Yemen it is primarily concentrated in: Abyan Governorate, where 95 percent reside and Sana'a Governorate, where 5 percent reside. Other than Yemen this surname occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in Afghanistan, where 8 percent reside and Bangladesh, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Seoul Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Seoul in the Arabic language | ||
| سول | swl | - |
| سيول | sywl | - |
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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 Seoul
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