Sooley Surname
Approximately 832 people bear this surname
Sooley Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 651 | 1:56,598 | 6,683 |
| United States | 137 | 1:2,645,686 | 159,417 |
| England | 40 | 1:1,392,951 | 61,553 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 26 | 1:937,514 | 38,808 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Sooley Demographics
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Sooley Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sooley Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sooley is found in Canada more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sooley? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 417,776th most commonly occurring family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 8,759,070 people. The last name Sooley is predominantly found in The Americas, where 95 percent of Sooley are found; 95 percent are found in North America and 95 percent are found in Anglo-North America.
Sooley is most widely held in Canada, where it is carried by 651 people, or 1 in 56,598. In Canada Sooley is mostly concentrated in: Newfoundland and Labrador, where 41 percent live, Ontario, where 33 percent live and Alberta, where 12 percent live. Outside of Canada this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 16 percent live and England, where 5 percent live.
Sooley Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Sooley has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Sooley surname grew 6,850 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 154 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Sooley Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is primarily Presbyterian (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Sooley last name are 10.37% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 57.14% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Sooley earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 3.68% more than the national average, earning $44,736 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.4% less than the national average, earning $47,993 CAD per year.
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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
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