Sooriah Surname

441,818th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 774 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritius
Highest density in:
Mauritius

Sooriah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sooriah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mauritius4471:2,894505
South Africa1971:275,01427,210
England731:763,26141,903
France431:1,544,714145,815
Malaysia101:2,949,422111,742
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Iceland11:380,09011,096
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372

Sooriah (26) may also be a first name.

Sooriah Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Sooriah Come From? nationality or country of origin

Sooriah occurs most in Mauritius. It can appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sooriah? popularity and diffusion

It is the 441,818th most prevalent surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 9,415,434 people. The surname Sooriah occurs predominantly in Africa, where 83 percent of Sooriah live; 83 percent live in Southern Africa and 58 percent live in Southern African Indian Ocean. It is also the 2,084,397th most frequently used first name on earth, borne by 26 people.

The surname is most numerous in Mauritius, where it is borne by 447 people, or 1 in 2,894. In Mauritius Sooriah is most numerous in: Plaines Wilhems District, where 62 percent are found, Rivière Noire District, where 18 percent are found and Grand Port District, where 9 percent are found. Excluding Mauritius it occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 25 percent are found and England, where 9 percent are found.

Sooriah Last Name Statistics demography

Sooriah earn somewhat more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 6.63% more than the national average, earning R 253,404 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sohoriah9315/
Sohoria86100/
Saoriah8631/
Sohariah8035/
Soaria77437/
Saoria7730/
Johorijah758/
Soharia7166/
Sahoria7121/
Sohorya7115/
Souaria712/
Sahouria6762/
Chohoria6720/
Soharioa671/
Shahoria671/

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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 Sooriah
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