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) is most common in Algeria. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Souala? popularity and diffusion
It is the 300,690th most commonly occurring surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 5,765,464 people. The last name occurs predominantly 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 commonly held given name worldwide It is held by 137 people.
The last name Souala is most frequent in Algeria, where it is borne by 611 people, or 1 in 63,227. In Algeria Souala is primarily found in: Batna Province, where 50 percent are found, Guelma Province, where 20 percent are found and Skikda Province, where 15 percent are found. Beside Algeria it occurs in 14 countries. It is also found 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
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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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