Soulana Surname
Approximately 18 people bear this surname
Soulana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 15 | 1:1,279,468 | 26,841 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
Soulana (10) may also be a first name.
Soulana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Soulana Come From? nationality or country of origin
Soulana is borne by more people in Niger than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Soulana click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Soulana? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,649,889th most frequently used surname globally, held by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Soulana reside; 94 percent reside in West Africa and 89 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most prevalent first name at a global level. It is borne by 10 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Niger, where it is borne by 15 people, or 1 in 1,279,468. In Niger Soulana is mostly found in: Tillabéri Region, where 73 percent reside, Dosso Region, where 13 percent reside and Niamey Capital District, where 13 percent reside. Not including Niger this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 17 percent reside.
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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 Soulana
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