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.
Souba Demographics
Average Souba Salary in
United States
$50,836 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Souba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Souba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Souba (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻮﺑﺎ, Hindi: शोभा, Marathi: सोउबा) occurs more in Benin more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as: Šouba. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Souba? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 333,705th most common family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 6,583,149 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 71 percent of Souba are found; 55 percent are found in West Africa and 45 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 157,712th most numerous first name on earth, held by 2,244 people.
The last name Souba is most widespread in Benin, where it is borne by 488 people, or 1 in 21,180. In Benin Souba is mostly found in: Atakora Department, where 94 percent are found, Borgou Department, where 2 percent are found and Collines Department, where 1 percent are found. Without taking into account Benin it is found in 20 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 23 percent are found and Morocco, where 15 percent are found.
Souba Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Souba last name are 39.5% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 86.27% registered with 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
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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 Souba
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