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
The last name Soulei (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻮﻟﻲ) is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Soulei? popularity and diffusion
The surname Soulei is the 751,291st most commonly used surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 19,077,345 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Soulei are found; 82 percent are found in West Africa and 70 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. Soulei is also the 1,566,439th most widely held given name in the world, borne by 42 people.
The last name is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is carried by 343 people, or 1 in 60,551. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: Far North Region, where 79 percent reside, North Region, where 13 percent reside and Centre Region, where 5 percent reside. Outside of Cameroon this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also common 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 | - |
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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 Soulei
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