Soulei Surname
Approximately 382 people bear this surname
Soulei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 343 | 1:60,551 | 7,777 |
| Burkina Faso | 24 | 1:764,671 | 8,666 |
| Niger | 10 | 1:1,919,202 | 37,248 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Soulei (42) may also be a first name.
Soulei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Soulei Come From? nationality or country of origin
Soulei (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻮﻟﻲ) is found most frequently in Cameroon. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Soulei? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 751,291st most common family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 19,077,345 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Soulei live; 82 percent live in West Africa and 70 percent live in Senegambia Africa. Soulei is also the 1,566,439th most prevalent first name world-wide. It is borne by 42 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is carried by 343 people, or 1 in 60,551. In Cameroon Soulei is mostly found in: Far North Region, where 79 percent reside, North Region, where 13 percent reside and Centre Region, where 5 percent reside. Beside Cameroon Soulei occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Burkina Faso, where 6 percent reside and Niger, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Soulei Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Soulei in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﻮﻟﻲ | swly | - |
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Soulei
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis