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 found most in Niger. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Soulley? popularity and diffusion
Soulley is the 1,746,159th most commonly used surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 66,250,417 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Soulley reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 92 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Soulley is also the 1,744,716th most frequently occurring given name on earth It is held by 35 people.
The surname Soulley is most common in Niger, where it is borne by 101 people, or 1 in 190,020. In Niger Soulley is mostly found in: Tillabéri Region, where 32 percent are found, Tahoua Region, where 23 percent are found and Zinder Region, where 18 percent are found. Beside Niger it is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 5 percent are found and Cameroon, where 1 percent are found.
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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