Souleyman Surname
Approximately 39,744 people bear this surname
Souleyman Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chad | 34,469 | 1:394 | 33 |
| Niger | 4,134 | 1:4,642 | 432 |
| Cameroon | 908 | 1:22,873 | 3,107 |
| DR Congo | 62 | 1:1,191,606 | 73,277 |
| Benin | 40 | 1:258,390 | 22,474 |
| Ivory Coast | 29 | 1:795,560 | 21,349 |
| England | 25 | 1:2,228,722 | 84,230 |
| Mauritania | 19 | 1:215,519 | 10,553 |
| Canada | 12 | 1:3,070,466 | 169,836 |
| United States | 11 | 1:32,950,812 | 797,015 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Senegal | 3 | 1:4,859,781 | 6,822 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
Souleyman (22,962) may also be a first name.
Souleyman Demographics
Average Souleyman Salary in
United States
$30,097 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Souleyman Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Souleyman Come From? nationality or country of origin
Souleyman (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻠﻴﻤﺎﻥ) is more frequently found in Chad than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Souleyman? popularity and diffusion
The surname Souleyman is the 14,026th most commonly used last name globally, held by around 1 in 183,362 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Souleyman live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Chadic Africa. Souleyman is also the 34,062nd most widespread first name in the world. It is borne by 22,962 people.
The surname is most numerous in Chad, where it is borne by 34,469 people, or 1 in 394. Apart from Chad this last name is found in 28 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 10 percent are found and Cameroon, where 2 percent are found.
Souleyman Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Souleyman earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 30.25% less than the national average, earning $30,097 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.03% less than the national average, earning $45,694 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Souleyman Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Souleyman in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﻠﻴﻤﺎﻥ | slyman | 83.33 |
| ﺍﺳﻠﻴﻤﺎﻥ | aslyman | 14.29 |
| ﺳﻠﻤﻴﺎﻥ | slmyan | 2.38 |
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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 Souleyman
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