Souls Surname

597,433rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 521 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Souls Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Souls Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa5061:107,07112,911
Lesotho51:406,51217,363
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Israel31:2,852,545113,505
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England201:1,218,76844,985
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2891:173,76715,617

Souls (15) may also be a first name.

Souls Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Souls Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Souls (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻮﻝ, Russian: Соулс) occurs more in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Souls? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 597,433rd most commonly occurring last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 13,987,612 people. The surname Souls occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Souls reside; 98 percent reside in Southern Africa and 98 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most frequently used given name world-wide. It is borne by 15 people.

The last name Souls is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is borne by 506 people, or 1 in 107,071. In South Africa it is mostly concentrated in: Western Cape, where 31 percent live, Eastern Cape, where 29 percent live and Gauteng, where 15 percent live. Not including South Africa this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Lesotho, where 1 percent live and Egypt, where 1 percent live.

Souls Last Name Statistics demography

Souls earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 36.15% less than the national average, earning R 151,740 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Soules913,241/
Shouls9154/
Souels9126/
Soulse9120/
Soulls911/
Sols891,506/
Suls89332/
Schouls83281/
Souglis8372/
Soulles832/
Shoules830/
Soueles830/
Shoulls830/
Souless830/
Sauls8016,067/
Soles807,997/
Solse805,205/
Solås80550/
Sules80283/
Suils80206/
Sulse80160/
Sools80124/
Soels8094/
Sulsh8075/
Shols8072/
Sjuls8068/
Suels8060/
Sulls8057/
Soils8048/
Solls8046/
Shuls8046/
Solìs8045/
Soulz8013/
Solsø8010/
Sohls809/
Seuls802/
Soulx802/
Sulsz802/
Szuls801/
Sulhs800/
Sulss800/
Shoueles772/
Souglies771/
Soullest771/
Shouless770/
Schoules770/
Schoulst770/
Schols732,135/
Sholes731,530/
Saulse73698/
Saules73482/
Sowels73369/
Soulez73248/
Shulse73195/
Schuls73187/
Soiles73160/
Sayols73128/
Solles7394/
Soløst7392/
Sauels7390/
Sueles7383/
Solshe7362/
Saulls7358/
Chouls7353/
Solese7338/
Shoels7337/
Solløs7330/
Sioles7324/
Soulje7318/
Shauls7315/
Suiles7310/
Sulles7310/
Shulls739/
Shoulz739/
Shutls735/
Sohles734/
Shules734/
Solstd734/
Sulest734/
Soeles734/
Sutles733/
Sotels733/
Sholls733/
Sooles733/
Susles733/
Sulsch733/
Suells732/
Suglis732/
Shulst731/
Sholse731/
Susils731/
Soyles731/
Shools731/
Shuuls731/
Solest731/
Seules731/
Suiels731/
Shulsh731/
Soulze731/
Saulės731/
Saulsj731/
Suills731/
Shuels731/
Suoles731/
Soehls730/
Suhles730/
Soless730/
Scholes679,091/
Suttles675,722/
Sulz671,475/
Choules67954/
Sals67621/
Sowells67603/
Solz67216/
Schauls67183/
Schoels67167/
Suttels67154/
Schules67117/
Schools67105/
Soullez67105/
Showels6796/
Shaules6789/
Solesse6781/
Scheuls6769/
Sholles6748/
Scholls6739/
Scholsz6734/
Sholehs6725/
Schulls6724/
Saulles6723/
Zols6722/
Schulse6721/
Zuls6713/
Schulst6711/
Solløst677/
Schoulz675/
Scholse674/
Sautils673/
Shoeles672/
Sholshe672/
Shoutlz672/
Schulsz672/
Sholest672/
Sautels671/
Shulest671/
Shoells671/
Shotles671/
Seaules671/
Shaulls671/
Sutlles671/
Sottles671/
Sholese671/
Şuls671/
Solsova671/
Schotls671/
Sottels671/
Sauelse671/
Suelles671/
Sulx671/
Szchuls671/
Soweles670/
Shutles670/
Shooles670/
Sausels670/
Schoils670/
Shaulst670/
Sutless670/

Souls Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Souls in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺳﻮﻝswl-
Souls in the Russian language
Соулсsouls-

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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Souls
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