Soufiana Surname
Approximately 446 people bear this surname
Soufiana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 432 | 1:44,426 | 2,311 |
| Burkina Faso | 6 | 1:3,058,683 | 18,466 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 1:7,690,411 | 57,263 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
Soufiana (3,083) may also be a first name.
Soufiana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Soufiana Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Soufiana (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺻﻔﻴﺎﻥ) occurs more in Niger more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Soufiana? popularity and diffusion
It is the 670,508th most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 16,339,789 people. The last name Soufiana occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Soufiana reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Soufiana is also the 129,938th most frequent forename world-wide, held by 3,083 people.
Soufiana is most common in Niger, where it is held by 432 people, or 1 in 44,426. In Niger it is primarily found in: Zinder Region, where 85 percent live, Maradi Region, where 14 percent live and Niamey Capital District, where 0 percent live. Not including Niger this last name is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Burkina Faso, where 1 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Soufiana Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Soufiana in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺻﻔﻴﺎﻥ | sfyan | - |
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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 Soufiana
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