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
The surname Souala (Arabic: صوهالي) occurs more in Algeria more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Souala? popularity and diffusion
The last name Souala is the 300,690th most commonly held family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 5,765,464 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Souala live; 67 percent live in North Africa and 67 percent live in Mahgreb. Souala is also the 790,880th most commonly used first name worldwide It is held by 137 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Algeria, where it is held by 611 people, or 1 in 63,227. In Algeria Souala is mostly concentrated in: Batna Province, where 50 percent are found, Guelma Province, where 20 percent are found and Skikda Province, where 15 percent are found. Excluding Algeria this last name exists in 14 countries. It is also common in Morocco, where 19 percent are found and Gabon, where 16 percent are found.
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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