Souleymane Surname
Approximately 102,396 people bear this surname
Souleymane Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 50,851 | 1:377 | 68 |
| Chad | 32,062 | 1:424 | 40 |
| Ivory Coast | 10,913 | 1:2,114 | 205 |
| Burkina Faso | 3,232 | 1:5,678 | 630 |
| Mali | 2,775 | 1:6,115 | 382 |
| Mauritania | 1,041 | 1:3,934 | 471 |
| Cameroon | 792 | 1:26,224 | 3,567 |
| Benin | 569 | 1:18,165 | 2,448 |
| United States | 60 | 1:6,040,982 | 292,121 |
| Canada | 11 | 1:3,349,599 | 180,238 |
| Sudan | 9 | 1:4,167,799 | 5,799 |
| France | 9 | 1:7,380,302 | 306,885 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| Spain | 5 | 1:9,350,407 | 109,555 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Belgium | 4 | 1:2,874,161 | 111,046 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Central African Republic | 4 | 1:1,128,848 | 387 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Guinea | 3 | 1:3,944,606 | 2,522 |
| Senegal | 3 | 1:4,859,781 | 6,822 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
Souleymane (600,498) may also be a first name.
Souleymane Demographics
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Souleymane Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Souleymane Come From? nationality or country of origin
Souleymane (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻠﻴﻤﺎﻥ) is borne by more people in Niger than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Souleymane.
How Common Is The Last Name Souleymane? popularity and diffusion
Souleymane is the 5,533rd most frequently occurring surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 71,170 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Souleymane are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 81 percent are found in Chadic Africa. Souleymane is also the 1,651st most frequently used given name globally. It is borne by 600,498 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Niger, where it is borne by 50,851 people, or 1 in 377. In Niger Souleymane is most prevalent in: Tahoua Region, where 48 percent live, Maradi Region, where 13 percent live and Tillabéri Region, where 12 percent live. Outside of Niger it is found in 38 countries. It is also common in Chad, where 31 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 11 percent live.
Souleymane Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Souleymane surname are 3.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 50% being registered with the political party.
The amount Souleymane earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 48.36% less than the national average, earning $22,283 USD per year and in Canada they earn 42.43% less than the national average, earning $28,603 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Souleymane Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Souleymane in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﻠﻴﻤﺎﻥ | slyman | 93.24 |
| ﺍﺳﻠﻴﻤﺎﻥ | aslyman | 4.94 |
| ﺳﻮﻟﻴﻤﺎﻥ | swlyman | 0.91 |
| ﺃﺳﻠﻴﻤﺎﻥ | aslyman | 0.3 |
| ﺳﻠﻤﺎﻥ | slman | 0.23 |
| ﺳﻴﻠﻴﻤﺎﻥ | sylyman | 0.23 |
| ﺍﺳﻠﻴﻤﺎﻧﺎ | aslymana | 0.08 |
| ﺳﻴﻠﻤﺎﻥ | sylman | 0.08 |
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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 Souleymane
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