Souke Surname
Approximately 224 people bear this surname
Souke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 99 | 1:41,362 | 3,165 |
| Benin | 38 | 1:271,990 | 23,227 |
| Cameroon | 26 | 1:798,810 | 55,510 |
| United States | 23 | 1:15,759,084 | 542,937 |
| Papua New Guinea | 10 | 1:815,372 | 88,623 |
| Venezuela | 9 | 1:3,356,009 | 33,931 |
| France | 6 | 1:11,070,454 | 349,096 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
The alternate forms: Souké (2) are calculated separately.
Souke (176) may also be a first name.
Souke Demographics
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Souke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Souke Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Souke (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻮﻙ, Russian: Соуке) is found most frequently in Mauritania. It may occur in the variant forms: Souké. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Souke? popularity and diffusion
The last name Souke is the 1,095,216th most commonly held last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 32,533,687 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 76 percent of Souke are found; 67 percent are found in West Africa and 46 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. Souke is also the 687,834th most frequent forename internationally, borne by 176 people.
The surname Souke is most commonly held in Mauritania, where it is borne by 99 people, or 1 in 41,362. In Mauritania it is most common in: Brakna Region, where 82 percent live, Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 16 percent live and Assaba Region, where 1 percent live. Beside Mauritania Souke exists in 16 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 17 percent live and Cameroon, where 12 percent live.
Souke Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Souke last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 100% registered with the party.
Souke earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 50.68% more than the national average, earning $65,018 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Souke Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Souke in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﻮﻙ | swk | 65 |
| ﺳﻮﻛﻪ | swkh | 32.5 |
| ﺳﻮﻛﻲ | swky | 2.5 |
| Souke in the Russian language | ||
| Соуке | souke | - |
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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 Souke
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