Souhaye Surname
Approximately 39 people bear this surname
Souhaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 30 | 1:611,737 | 7,703 |
| Niger | 9 | 1:2,132,446 | 40,124 |
Souhaye (26) may also be a first name.
Souhaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Souhaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Souhaye is found in Burkina Faso more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Souhaye? popularity and diffusion
The surname Souhaye is the 3,141,416th most frequently held surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 186,860,152 people. The surname Souhaye occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Souhaye reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 77 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Souhaye is also the 2,084,397th most prevalent forename internationally It is held by 26 people.
The surname Souhaye is most frequently used in Burkina Faso, where it is held by 30 people, or 1 in 611,737. In Burkina Faso it is mostly found in: Sahel Region, where 97 percent live and Sud-Ouest Region, where 3 percent live. Not including Burkina Faso this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Niger, where 23 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 Souhaye
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