Souleya Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Souleya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 4 | 1:4,798,004 | 75,547 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
The alternate forms: Souleyâ (12) are calculated separately.
Souleya (13) may also be a first name.
Souleya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Souleya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Souleya occurs more in Niger more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms: Souleyâ. Click here for other possible spellings of Souleya.
How Common Is The Last Name Souleya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 7,117,718th most commonly used family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Souleya live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 71 percent live in Chadic Africa. Souleya is also the 3,159,357th most common given name in the world, borne by 13 people.
The last name is most frequent in Niger, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 4,798,004. In Niger Souleya is mostly found in: Maradi Region, where 25 percent live, Niamey Capital District, where 25 percent live and Tahoua Region, where 25 percent live. Other than Niger this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 29 percent live and Benin, where 14 percent live.
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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 Souleya
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