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
Average Souke Salary in
United States
$65,018 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Souke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Souke Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Souke (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻮﻙ, Russian: Соуке) occurs in Mauritania more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as: Souké. Click here to see other possible spellings of Souke.
How Common Is The Last Name Souke? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,095,216th most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 32,533,687 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 76 percent of Souke live; 67 percent live in West Africa and 46 percent live in Senegambia Africa. Souke is also the 687,834th most commonly used first name internationally It is held by 176 people.
The last name Souke is most commonly used in Mauritania, where it is carried by 99 people, or 1 in 41,362. In Mauritania Souke is primarily found in: Brakna Region, where 82 percent reside, Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 16 percent reside and Assaba Region, where 1 percent reside. Beside Mauritania it is found in 16 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 17 percent reside and Cameroon, where 12 percent reside.
Souke Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Souke last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% registered to vote for the political 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
- 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 Souke
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