Souala Surname
Approximately 1,264 people bear this surname
Souala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 611 | 1:63,227 | 10,458 |
| Morocco | 239 | 1:144,251 | 25,171 |
| Gabon | 202 | 1:9,352 | 1,744 |
| Congo | 174 | 1:28,673 | 3,006 |
| Iran | 18 | 1:4,265,696 | 111,937 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Spain | 4 | 1:11,688,009 | 116,470 |
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Souala (137) may also be a first name.
Souala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Souala Come From? nationality or country of origin
Souala (Arabic: صوهالي) is most common in Algeria. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Souala? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 300,690th most numerous family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 5,765,464 people. Souala occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Souala live; 67 percent live in North Africa and 67 percent live in Mahgreb. It is also the 790,880th most commonly used first name globally, held by 137 people.
It is most frequently used in Algeria, where it is held by 611 people, or 1 in 63,227. In Algeria it is mostly concentrated in: Batna Province, where 50 percent live, Guelma Province, where 20 percent live and Skikda Province, where 15 percent live. Beside Algeria Souala exists in 14 countries. It is also common in Morocco, where 19 percent live and Gabon, where 16 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Souala Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Souala in the Arabic language | ||
| صوهالي | swhaly | - |
| سوالي | swaly | - |
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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 Souala
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