Soulaye Surname
Approximately 798 people bear this surname
Soulaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chad | 674 | 1:20,166 | 2,465 |
| Niger | 81 | 1:236,938 | 7,651 |
| Mauritania | 26 | 1:157,495 | 8,595 |
| Ivory Coast | 6 | 1:3,845,205 | 48,272 |
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
Soulaye (488) may also be a first name.
Soulaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Soulaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Soulaye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻠﻲ) is carried by more people in Chad than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Soulaye? popularity and diffusion
Soulaye is the 431,494th most widely held family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 9,132,263 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Soulaye are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 95 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 384,758th most commonly occurring first name globally It is held by 488 people.
This surname is most common in Chad, where it is carried by 674 people, or 1 in 20,166. Not including Chad this surname is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 10 percent reside and Mauritania, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Soulaye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Soulaye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﻠﻲ | sly | 77.78 |
| ﺳﻮﻟﻰ | swly | 11.11 |
| ﺳﻮﻟﻲ | swly | 11.11 |
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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 Soulaye
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