Soukabe Surname
Approximately 81 people bear this surname
Soukabe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 62 | 1:66,046 | 4,544 |
| Niger | 18 | 1:1,066,223 | 23,213 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
The alternate forms: Soukabé (1) are calculated separately.
Soukabe (17) may also be a first name.
Soukabe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Soukabe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Soukabe (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻜﺎﺏ) is most common in Mauritania. It can be found in the variant forms: Soukabé. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Soukabe? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,091,648th most widespread surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 89,969,703 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Soukabe reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 77 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 2,694,839th most frequently used given name on earth, held by 17 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Mauritania, where it is held by 62 people, or 1 in 66,046. In Mauritania it is primarily concentrated in: Guidimagha Region, where 76 percent reside, Brakna Region, where 13 percent reside and Assaba Region, where 8 percent reside. Excluding Mauritania this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 22 percent reside and Burkina Faso, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Soukabé | 95 | 1 | / |
| Sokabe | 92 | 67 | / |
| Sukabe | 92 | 5 | / |
| Shokabe | 86 | 24 | / |
| Soukaba | 86 | 24 | / |
| Sukhabee | 80 | 1 | / |
| Sokkabee | 80 | 1 | / |
| Sakabe | 77 | 9,953 | / |
| Sokobe | 77 | 194 | / |
| Sokabi | 77 | 122 | / |
| Sokaba | 77 | 80 | / |
| Sukaba | 77 | 45 | / |
| Sukabi | 77 | 26 | / |
| Socabe | 77 | 5 | / |
| Sucabe | 77 | 3 | / |
| Shokabi | 71 | 100 | / |
| Sokhaba | 71 | 52 | / |
| Siakabe | 71 | 15 | / |
| Sukabai | 71 | 9 | / |
| Sakabhe | 71 | 5 | / |
| Siokaba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Shakabe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sakaabe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ssokabi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Shukaba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sakabee | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sokaiba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chokabe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sukabhai | 67 | 237 | / |
| Sukhabai | 67 | 19 | / |
| Soukouba | 67 | 9 | / |
| Sukkavee | 67 | 8 | / |
| Sok'haba | 67 | 6 | / |
| Sukkabai | 67 | 5 | / |
| Sukhaibi | 67 | 5 | / |
| Sukampee | 67 | 2 | / |
| Shokabay | 67 | 1 | / |
| Siakabee | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shuckaby | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sukkabui | 67 | 1 | / |
Soukabe Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Soukabe in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﻜﺎﺏ | skab | 70.83 |
| ﺳﻜﺎﺑﻪ | skabh | 12.5 |
| ﺳﻮﻛﺎﺏ | swkab | 8.33 |
| ﺳﻮﻛﺎﺑﻰ | swkaby | 4.17 |
| ﺳﻮﻛﺎﺑﻪ | swkabh | 4.17 |
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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 Soukabe
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