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
The surname Soire (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺳﻮﺍﺭﻯ) occurs most in Senegal. It can also be found as: Soiré. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Soire? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 349,405th most commonly occurring surname internationally, held by around 1 in 6,973,728 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 91 percent of Soire are found; 85 percent are found in West Africa and 35 percent are found in Mande Africa. It is also the 342,194th most widespread first name on earth. It is borne by 597 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Senegal, where it is carried by 316 people, or 1 in 46,137. In Senegal it is most common in: Tambacounda Region, where 26 percent live, Dakar Region, where 25 percent live and Kaffrine Region, where 14 percent live. Other than Senegal this surname occurs in 19 countries. It also occurs 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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- 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 Soire
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