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 last name Souas has its highest incidence in Algeria. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of Souas click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Souas? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,710,039th most numerous last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 63,925,841 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 89 percent of Souas reside; 89 percent reside in North Africa and 89 percent reside in Mahgreb.
Souas is most commonly held in Algeria, where it is carried by 102 people, or 1 in 378,741. In Algeria Souas is primarily concentrated in: Blida Province, where 94 percent are found, Médéa Province, where 4 percent are found and Algiers Province, where 1 percent are found. Aside from Algeria it occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 4 percent are found and Portugal, where 4 percent are found.
Souas Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Souas has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Souas last name decreased 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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