Soua Surname
Approximately 6,092 people bear this surname
Soua Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 1,851 | 1:11,220 | 1,512 |
| Burkina Faso | 1,212 | 1:15,142 | 1,177 |
| Ivory Coast | 941 | 1:24,518 | 1,749 |
| Chad | 867 | 1:15,677 | 1,955 |
| Congo | 865 | 1:5,768 | 902 |
| Brazil | 78 | 1:2,744,543 | 81,769 |
| Tunisia | 59 | 1:10,350 | 1,725 |
| Portugal | 47 | 1:221,665 | 8,706 |
| Benin | 34 | 1:303,988 | 24,879 |
| France | 30 | 1:2,214,091 | 176,965 |
| United States | 25 | 1:14,498,357 | 517,445 |
| Senegal | 12 | 1:1,214,945 | 3,496 |
| Solomon Islands | 11 | 1:52,730 | 10,588 |
| Belgium | 10 | 1:1,149,664 | 82,403 |
| Papua New Guinea | 10 | 1:815,372 | 88,623 |
| Canada | 8 | 1:4,605,699 | 220,704 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Soua (5,931) may also be a first name.
Soua Demographics
Average Soua Salary in
United States
$15,760 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Soua Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Soua Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Soua (Arabic: صوهي, Russian: Соуа) is found most frequently in Cameroon. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Soua? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 80,011th most widespread last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 1,196,249 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Soua live; 57 percent live in West Africa and 30 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Soua is also the 86,311th most frequently used forename globally, held by 5,931 people.
This surname is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is carried by 1,851 people, or 1 in 11,220. In Cameroon Soua is mostly concentrated in: South Region, where 35 percent live, Far North Region, where 27 percent live and Centre Region, where 16 percent live. Besides Cameroon it is found in 35 countries. It also occurs in Burkina Faso, where 20 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 15 percent live.
Soua Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Soua has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 1,250 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Soua Last Name Statistics demography
Soua earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 63.48% less than the national average, earning $15,760 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Soua Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Soua in the Russian language | ||
| Соуа | soua | - |
| Soua in the Arabic language | ||
| صوهي | swhy | - |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Soua
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