Soay Surname
Approximately 62 people bear this surname
Soay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 34 | 1:22,560,747 | 316,052 |
| Philippines | 19 | 1:5,328,328 | 173,877 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Soay (72) may also be a first name.
Soay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Soay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Soay (Arabic: سواى) is found most in India. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Soay? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,436,415th most commonly held surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 117,541,063 people. The surname is primarily found in Asia, where 95 percent of Soay are found; 55 percent are found in South Asia and 55 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Soay is also the 1,143,416th most common forename globally. It is borne by 72 people.
Soay is most common in India, where it is borne by 34 people, or 1 in 22,560,747. In India it is most common in: West Bengal, where 97 percent are found and Odisha, where 3 percent are found. Aside from India this last name occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 31 percent are found and Indonesia, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Soay Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Soay in the Arabic language | ||
| سواى | sway | - |
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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 Soay
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