Souleyma Surname
Approximately 44 people bear this surname
Souleyma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 36 | 1:533,112 | 13,750 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Souleyma (80) may also be a first name.
Souleyma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Souleyma Come From? nationality or country of origin
Souleyma (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻠﻴﻤﺎﻥ) is found most frequently in Niger. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Souleyma? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,944,094th most frequent last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 165,626,044 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Souleyma are found; 91 percent are found in West Africa and 86 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 1,075,395th most frequently held first name internationally. It is borne by 80 people.
The last name Souleyma is most frequently held in Niger, where it is held by 36 people, or 1 in 533,112. In Niger Souleyma is most frequent in: Tahoua Region, where 67 percent live, Zinder Region, where 22 percent live and Diffa Region, where 3 percent live. Beside Niger Souleyma occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 7 percent live and The United States, where 7 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Souleyma Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Souleyma in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﻠﻴﻤﺎﻥ | slyman | - |
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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
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- 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 Souleyma
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