Souela Surname
Approximately 24 people bear this surname
Souela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 16 | 1:645,975 | 38,126 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Souela (41) may also be a first name.
Souela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Souela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Souela occurs more in Benin more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Souela.
How Common Is The Last Name Souela? popularity and diffusion
Souela is the 4,034,050th most frequently used surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 303,647,746 people. Souela is primarily found in Africa, where 83 percent of Souela reside; 71 percent reside in West Africa and 67 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,590,275th most frequently used first name worldwide, held by 41 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Benin, where it is held by 16 people, or 1 in 645,975. In Benin Souela is primarily concentrated in: Atakora Department, where 69 percent live and Borgou Department, where 31 percent live. Outside of Benin this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in France, where 17 percent live and Cameroon, where 8 percent live.
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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 Souela
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