Souleye Surname
Approximately 1,669 people bear this surname
Souleye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mali | 710 | 1:23,900 | 839 |
| Niger | 495 | 1:38,772 | 2,099 |
| Mauritania | 289 | 1:14,169 | 1,354 |
| Cameroon | 90 | 1:230,767 | 23,017 |
| Burkina Faso | 66 | 1:278,062 | 5,159 |
| Chad | 9 | 1:1,510,244 | 5,402 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
The alternate forms: Soulèye (15), Souleyè (1) & Souléye (1) are calculated separately.
Souleye (11,626) may also be a first name.
Souleye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Souleye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Souleye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻮﻟﻲ) is carried by more people in Mali than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as: Soulèye, Souleyè or Souléye. Click here to see other potential spellings of Souleye.
How Common Is The Last Name Souleye? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 239,834th most commonly used last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 4,366,415 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Souleye live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 43 percent live in Mande Africa. It is also the 55,359th most frequently used forename at a global level, held by 11,626 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Mali, where it is borne by 710 people, or 1 in 23,900. Without taking into account Mali this surname occurs in 11 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 30 percent reside and Mauritania, where 17 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Souleye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Souleye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﻮﻟﻲ | swly | 70.4 |
| ﺳﻠﻲ | sly | 25.6 |
| ﺳﻮﻻﻱ | swlay | 0.8 |
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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 Souleye
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