Souas Surname
Approximately 114 people bear this surname
Souas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 102 | 1:378,741 | 33,117 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Souas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Souas Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Souas is held by more people in Algeria than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Souas? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,710,039th most commonly occurring surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 63,925,841 people. The last name Souas is primarily found in Africa, where 89 percent of Souas are found; 89 percent are found in North Africa and 89 percent are found in Mahgreb.
The last name is most commonly used in Algeria, where it is borne by 102 people, or 1 in 378,741. In Algeria Souas is primarily found in: Blida Province, where 94 percent reside, Médéa Province, where 4 percent reside and Algiers Province, where 1 percent reside. Not including Algeria it occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 4 percent reside and Portugal, where 4 percent reside.
Souas Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Souas has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname fell 60 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Souas
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