Soulley Surname
Approximately 110 people bear this surname
Soulley Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 101 | 1:190,020 | 6,536 |
| Benin | 6 | 1:1,722,600 | 61,769 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 9 | 1:2,708,374 | 73,770 |
Soulley (35) may also be a first name.
Soulley Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Soulley Come From? nationality or country of origin
Soulley (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻠﻲ) is more commonly found in Niger than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Soulley? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,746,159th most commonly occurring surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 66,250,417 people. The surname Soulley occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Soulley are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 92 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 1,744,716th most commonly held forename in the world, held by 35 people.
The surname Soulley is most widely held in Niger, where it is carried by 101 people, or 1 in 190,020. In Niger it is primarily concentrated in: Tillabéri Region, where 32 percent reside, Tahoua Region, where 23 percent reside and Zinder Region, where 18 percent reside. Outside of Niger Soulley exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 5 percent reside and Cameroon, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Soulley Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Soulley in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﻠﻲ | sly | - |
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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 Soulley
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