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) is found in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Souls? popularity and diffusion

It is the 597,433rd most numerous last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 13,987,612 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Souls live; 98 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Souls is also the 2,900,335th most common first name globally, borne by 15 people.

The last name Souls is most common in South Africa, where it is held by 506 people, or 1 in 107,071. In South Africa Souls is mostly found in: Western Cape, where 31 percent are found, Eastern Cape, where 29 percent are found and Gauteng, where 15 percent are found. Besides South Africa this surname is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Lesotho, where 1 percent are found and Egypt, where 1 percent are found.

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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