Souba Surname
Approximately 1,107 people bear this surname
Souba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 488 | 1:21,180 | 2,836 |
| United States | 252 | 1:1,438,329 | 98,774 |
| Morocco | 170 | 1:202,801 | 34,956 |
| Ivory Coast | 57 | 1:404,758 | 13,812 |
| France | 26 | 1:2,554,720 | 189,486 |
| Niger | 26 | 1:738,154 | 17,467 |
| Cameroon | 21 | 1:989,003 | 63,570 |
| Poland | 14 | 1:2,714,911 | 112,031 |
| Czechia | 13 | 1:817,959 | 70,223 |
| Mauritania | 11 | 1:372,260 | 15,230 |
| India | 10 | 1:76,706,538 | 639,611 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
The alternate forms: Šouba (28) are calculated separately.
Souba (2,244) may also be a first name.
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Souba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Souba Come From? nationality or country of origin
Souba (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻮﺑﺎ, Hindi: शोभा, Marathi: सोउबा) is most common in Benin. It may appear as a variant: Šouba. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Souba? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 333,705th most common surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 6,583,149 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 71 percent of Souba reside; 55 percent reside in West Africa and 45 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 157,712th most commonly used first name worldwide, borne by 2,244 people.
The last name is most common in Benin, where it is held by 488 people, or 1 in 21,180. In Benin Souba is most numerous in: Atakora Department, where 94 percent live, Borgou Department, where 2 percent live and Collines Department, where 1 percent live. Other than Benin Souba exists in 20 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 23 percent live and Morocco, where 15 percent live.
Souba Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Souba surname are 39.5% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 86.27% being registered to vote for the party.
Souba earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 17.82% more than the national average, earning $50,836 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Souba Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Souba in the Marathi language | ||
| सोउबा | so'uba | - |
| Souba in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﻮﺑﺎ | swba | 77.78 |
| ﺳﻮﻳﺎ | swya | 11.11 |
| ﺻﻮﺑﺎ | swba | 11.11 |
| Souba in the Hindi language | ||
| शोभा | sobha | 50 |
| सौबा | sauba | 50 |
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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 Souba
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