Soulama Surname
Approximately 29,537 people bear this surname
Soulama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 27,761 | 1:661 | 90 |
| Ivory Coast | 1,717 | 1:13,437 | 1,084 |
| United States | 16 | 1:22,653,683 | 662,747 |
| France | 14 | 1:4,744,480 | 251,814 |
| Mali | 9 | 1:1,885,448 | 1,868 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| Niger | 6 | 1:3,198,670 | 54,540 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
Soulama (167) may also be a first name.
Soulama Demographics
Average Soulama Salary in
United States
$66,000 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Soulama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Soulama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Soulama (Arabic: سولاما) is found most frequently in Burkina Faso. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Soulama? popularity and diffusion
The surname Soulama is the 18,666th most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 246,726 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Soulama reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 92 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 708,111th most frequently used first name world-wide. It is borne by 167 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Burkina Faso, where it is held by 27,761 people, or 1 in 661. In Burkina Faso Soulama is mostly concentrated in: Cascades Region, where 85 percent live, Hauts-Bassins Region, where 6 percent live and Centre Region, where 6 percent live. Outside of Burkina Faso it occurs in 14 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 6 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.
Soulama Last Name Statistics demography
Soulama earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 52.96% more than the national average, earning $66,000 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Soulama Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Soulama in the Arabic language | ||
| سولاما | swlama | - |
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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 Soulama
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