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 surname Soulaye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻠﻲ) is more commonly found in Chad than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Soulaye.
How Common Is The Last Name Soulaye? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 431,494th most frequently held last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 9,132,263 people. The last name Soulaye is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Soulaye reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 95 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 384,758th most widespread forename internationally, held by 488 people.
The surname is most common in Chad, where it is borne by 674 people, or 1 in 20,166. Besides Chad it occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 10 percent live and Mauritania, where 3 percent live.
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
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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 Soulaye
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