Souey Surname
Approximately 163 people bear this surname
Souey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 134 | 1:143,224 | 5,313 |
| Australia | 19 | 1:1,420,826 | 73,129 |
| Tunisia | 9 | 1:67,847 | 8,246 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Souey (65) may also be a first name.
Souey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Souey Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Souey is held by more people in Niger than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Souey? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,359,010th most common surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 44,708,871 people. The last name Souey is primarily found in Africa, where 88 percent of Souey are found; 82 percent are found in West Africa and 82 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 1,212,820th most commonly occurring first name worldwide, held by 65 people.
Souey is most widespread in Niger, where it is carried by 134 people, or 1 in 143,224. In Niger it is mostly found in: Tahoua Region, where 24 percent reside, Zinder Region, where 20 percent reside and Dosso Region, where 19 percent reside. Excluding Niger Souey is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 12 percent reside and Tunisia, where 6 percent reside.
Souey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Souey has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Souey last name contracted 50 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 Souey
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