Souheib Surname
Approximately 119 people bear this surname
Souheib Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 111 | 1:36,891 | 2,911 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Souheib (1,515) may also be a first name.
Souheib Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Souheib Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Souheib (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺻﻬﻴﺐ) is more frequently found in Mauritania than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Souheib? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,666,404th most commonly used last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 61,239,882 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Souheib reside; 93 percent reside in West Africa and 93 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. Souheib is also the 199,542nd most commonly used first name throughout the world It is held by 1,515 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Mauritania, where it is held by 111 people, or 1 in 36,891. In Mauritania Souheib is most prevalent in: Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 23 percent are found, Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 20 percent are found and Assaba Region, where 14 percent are found. Barring Mauritania Souheib occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Tunisia, where 3 percent are found and Algeria, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Souheib Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Souheib in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺻﻬﻴﺐ | shyb | 97.44 |
| ﺻﻮﻫﻴﺐ | swhyb | 2.56 |
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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 Souheib
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