Soire Surname
Approximately 1,045 people bear this surname
Soire Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senegal | 316 | 1:46,137 | 776 |
| Mali | 258 | 1:65,771 | 1,556 |
| Burkina Faso | 245 | 1:74,907 | 2,760 |
| Ivory Coast | 107 | 1:215,619 | 9,011 |
| Kenya | 44 | 1:1,049,543 | 34,647 |
| Cameroon | 33 | 1:629,366 | 47,277 |
| Australia | 10 | 1:2,699,570 | 109,631 |
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| Guinea | 4 | 1:2,958,454 | 2,022 |
| Iran | 3 | 1:25,594,175 | 224,183 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
The alternate forms: Soiré (2) are calculated separately.
Soire (597) may also be a first name.
Soire Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Soire Come From? nationality or country of origin
Soire (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺳﻮﺍﺭﻯ) is found most frequently in Senegal. It may occur as a variant: Soiré. For other potential spellings of Soire click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Soire? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 349,405th most frequently occurring last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 6,973,728 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 91 percent of Soire reside; 85 percent reside in West Africa and 35 percent reside in Mande Africa. Soire is also the 342,194th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world. It is borne by 597 people.
The last name Soire is most numerous in Senegal, where it is held by 316 people, or 1 in 46,137. In Senegal it is mostly found in: Tambacounda Region, where 26 percent live, Dakar Region, where 25 percent live and Kaffrine Region, where 14 percent live. Aside from Senegal this last name occurs in 19 countries. It is also found in Mali, where 25 percent live and Burkina Faso, where 23 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Soire Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Soire in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﺳﻮﺍﺭﻯ | aswary | 66.67 |
| ﺳﻮﺍﺭﻯ | swary | 33.33 |
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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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- 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 Soire
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