Souab Surname
Approximately 2,204 people bear this surname
Souab Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 920 | 1:41,991 | 7,491 |
| Morocco | 682 | 1:50,551 | 8,318 |
| Cambodia | 585 | 1:26,474 | 1,441 |
| Spain | 6 | 1:7,792,006 | 100,283 |
| Tunisia | 6 | 1:101,771 | 14,710 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
Souab (1,673) may also be a first name.
Souab Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Souab Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Souab (Arabic: صوهيب, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺻﻮﺍﺏ, Hindi: शुऐब) occurs in Algeria more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Souab click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Souab? popularity and diffusion
Souab is the 191,276th most commonly held family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 3,306,509 people. The surname Souab occurs predominantly in Africa, where 73 percent of Souab live; 73 percent live in North Africa and 73 percent live in Mahgreb. It is also the 188,209th most frequently occurring first name at a global level, borne by 1,673 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Algeria, where it is borne by 920 people, or 1 in 41,991. In Algeria Souab is mostly found in: El Taref Province, where 67 percent live, Tlemcen Province, where 19 percent live and Tizi Ouzou Province, where 13 percent live. Other than Algeria this last name is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in Morocco, where 31 percent live and Cambodia, where 27 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Souab Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Souab in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﺻﻮﺍﺏ | aswab | - |
| Souab in the Hindi language | ||
| शुऐब | su'aiba | - |
| Souab in the Arabic language | ||
| صوهيب | swhyb | - |
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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 Souab
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