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) occurs more in Mali more than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant: Soulèye, Souleyè or Souléye. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Souleye? popularity and diffusion
Souleye is the 239,834th most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 4,366,415 people. The last name Souleye occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Souleye are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 43 percent are found in Mande Africa. It is also the 55,359th most numerous first name globally, held by 11,626 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Mali, where it is borne by 710 people, or 1 in 23,900. Beside Mali it occurs in 11 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 30 percent are found and Mauritania, where 17 percent are found.
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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