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 more frequently found in Algeria than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. 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 common last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 5,765,464 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Souala are found; 67 percent are found in North Africa and 67 percent are found in Mahgreb. It is also the 790,880th most frequently held first name on earth It is held by 137 people.
It is most widely held in Algeria, where it is held by 611 people, or 1 in 63,227. In Algeria Souala is mostly found in: Batna Province, where 50 percent reside, Guelma Province, where 20 percent reside and Skikda Province, where 15 percent reside. Other than Algeria Souala occurs in 14 countries. It is also found in Morocco, where 19 percent reside and Gabon, where 16 percent reside.
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
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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 Souala
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