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) occurs in Niger more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Souleymane? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 5,533rd most commonly held surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 71,170 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Souleymane reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 81 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Souleymane is also the 1,651st most prevalent first name globally It is held by 600,498 people.
The surname Souleymane is most widely held in Niger, where it is carried by 50,851 people, or 1 in 377. In Niger it is most prevalent in: Tahoua Region, where 48 percent are found, Maradi Region, where 13 percent are found and Tillabéri Region, where 12 percent are found. Without taking into account Niger this surname occurs in 38 countries. It is also found in Chad, where 31 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 11 percent are found.
Souleymane Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Souleymane surname are 3.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 50% registered with the 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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