Souef Surname
Approximately 1,111 people bear this surname
Souef Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Comoros | 663 | 1:1,131 | 163 |
| France | 425 | 1:156,289 | 24,249 |
| Sudan | 16 | 1:2,344,387 | 4,438 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Souëf (1) are calculated separately.
Souef Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Souef Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Souef occurs in Comoros more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms: Souëf. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Souef? popularity and diffusion
The last name Souef is the 332,755th most widely held family name on earth, held by around 1 in 6,559,447 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 65 percent of Souef reside; 64 percent reside in East Africa and 64 percent reside in Afro-Islamic Indian Ocean.
The surname is most commonly held in Comoros, where it is borne by 663 people, or 1 in 1,131. Other than Comoros it exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in France, where 38 percent reside and Sudan, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Souëf | 93 | 1 | / |
| Soueff | 91 | 8 | / |
| Souesf | 91 | 1 | / |
| Suef | 89 | 2,932 | / |
| Souf | 89 | 1,948 | / |
| Soef | 89 | 45 | / |
| Saouefe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Sueff | 80 | 101 | / |
| Shouf | 80 | 49 | / |
| Shoef | 80 | 23 | / |
| Soyef | 80 | 8 | / |
| Souft | 80 | 3 | / |
| Soueb | 80 | 3 | / |
| Soufe | 80 | 3 | / |
| Sueft | 80 | 2 | / |
| Suief | 80 | 2 | / |
| Shuef | 80 | 1 | / |
| Zouef | 80 | 1 | / |
| Suyef | 80 | 1 | / |
| Souev | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ssouf | 80 | 1 | / |
| Suefs | 80 | 0 | / |
| Schoueft | 77 | 1 | / |
| Shoueb | 73 | 293 | / |
| Souffe | 73 | 82 | / |
| Shouff | 73 | 9 | / |
| Sayouf | 73 | 5 | / |
| Schoef | 73 | 5 | / |
| Shoeff | 73 | 5 | / |
| Shoufe | 73 | 4 | / |
| Souiaf | 73 | 4 | / |
| Schouf | 73 | 3 | / |
| Chouef | 73 | 3 | / |
| Shoepf | 73 | 2 | / |
| Zoueff | 73 | 2 | / |
| Seiouf | 73 | 1 | / |
| Sujeft | 73 | 1 | / |
| Sujeef | 73 | 1 | / |
| Shueyf | 73 | 1 | / |
| Soheef | 73 | 1 | / |
| Shuefe | 73 | 0 | / |
| Seif | 67 | 156,343 | / |
| Sueb | 67 | 4,651 | / |
| Seef | 67 | 2,148 | / |
| Seaf | 67 | 1,704 | / |
| Saef | 67 | 1,571 | / |
| Schoepf | 67 | 1,454 | / |
| Soev | 67 | 758 | / |
| Souw | 67 | 546 | / |
| Seyf | 67 | 482 | / |
| Schoeff | 67 | 419 | / |
| Sauf | 67 | 358 | / |
| Suev | 67 | 319 | / |
| Soub | 67 | 182 | / |
| Soif | 67 | 97 | / |
| Suif | 67 | 70 | / |
| Schouft | 67 | 42 | / |
| Schoufs | 67 | 38 | / |
| Souv | 67 | 22 | / |
| Şoef | 67 | 17 | / |
| Syef | 67 | 10 | / |
| Zouf | 67 | 7 | / |
| Suew | 67 | 6 | / |
| Schouff | 67 | 3 | / |
| Sejf | 67 | 3 | / |
| Svef | 67 | 3 | / |
| Soyf | 67 | 3 | / |
| Schuepf | 67 | 2 | / |
| Seuf | 67 | 2 | / |
| Sojf | 67 | 2 | / |
| Swef | 67 | 1 | / |
| Souchff | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chouhef | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zuef | 67 | 1 | / |
| Souhyev | 67 | 1 | / |
| Schoupf | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Souef
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