Soufouyane Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Soufouyane Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 11 | 1:1,744,729 | 34,351 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Soufouyane (49) may also be a first name.
Soufouyane Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Soufouyane Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Soufouyane is found most frequently in Niger. It can also occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Soufouyane? popularity and diffusion
It is the 5,587,209th most frequent family name on earth, held by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. The last name Soufouyane is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Soufouyane live; 92 percent live in West Africa and 92 percent live in Chadic Africa. Soufouyane is also the 1,430,306th most frequent first name at a global level It is held by 49 people.
This surname is most widely held in Niger, where it is carried by 11 people, or 1 in 1,744,729. In Niger Soufouyane is most numerous in: Tillabéri Region, where 55 percent live and Dosso Region, where 45 percent live. Not including Niger this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in 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 Soufouyane
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