Soukaye Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Soukaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 12 | 1:1,599,335 | 32,126 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Soukaye (1,769) may also be a first name.
Soukaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Soukaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Soukaye is more commonly found in Niger than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Soukaye? popularity and diffusion
Soukaye is the 5,213,395th most widely held family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Soukaye are found; 93 percent are found in West Africa and 86 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 181,942nd most frequently held first name on earth, held by 1,769 people.
Soukaye is most widely held in Niger, where it is carried by 12 people, or 1 in 1,599,335. In Niger it is primarily found in: Zinder Region, where 92 percent live and Diffa Region, where 8 percent live. Beside Niger it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 7 percent live and Brazil, where 7 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 Soukaye
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