Souaré Surname
Approximately 804 people bear this surname
Souaré Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guinea | 757 | 1:15,633 | 406 |
| Senegal | 14 | 1:1,041,382 | 3,211 |
| France | 5 | 1:13,284,544 | 357,392 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Ivory Coast | 4 | 1:5,767,808 | 55,416 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Lithuania | 2 | 1:1,517,294 | 35,813 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
The alternate forms: Souare (82,447) & Souarè (1) are calculated separately.
Souaré (25) may also be a first name.
Souaré Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Souaré Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Souaré occurs more in Guinea more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant: Souare or Souarè. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Souaré? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 429,044th most commonly occurring surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 9,064,112 people. The surname Souaré is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Souaré live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 94 percent live in Mande Africa. Souaré is also the 2,136,160th most frequently occurring first name internationally It is held by 25 people.
It is most numerous in Guinea, where it is carried by 757 people, or 1 in 15,633. In Guinea Souaré is primarily concentrated in: Boké Region, where 45 percent live, Kankan Region, where 27 percent live and Kindia Region, where 19 percent live. Apart from Guinea this surname exists in 21 countries. It is also common in Senegal, where 2 percent live and France, where 1 percent live.
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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 Souaré
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