Soulé Surname
Approximately 1,409 people bear this surname
Soulé Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Comoros | 663 | 1:1,131 | 163 |
| Mauritania | 397 | 1:10,315 | 1,066 |
| France | 153 | 1:434,135 | 62,815 |
| Niger | 58 | 1:330,897 | 9,684 |
| Benin | 29 | 1:356,400 | 27,355 |
| Cape Verde | 28 | 1:18,916 | 708 |
| United States | 18 | 1:20,136,607 | 622,629 |
| Switzerland | 13 | 1:631,763 | 43,230 |
| Mexico | 7 | 1:17,732,315 | 50,495 |
| Argentina | 6 | 1:7,123,902 | 190,047 |
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| Madagascar | 4 | 1:5,912,459 | 5,394 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
The alternate forms: Soule (68,341), Soulè (3) & Šoule (13) are calculated separately.
Soulé (1,621) may also be a first name.
Soulé Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Soulé Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Soulé is more commonly found in Comoros than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant: Soule, Soulè or Šoule. Click here to see other possible spellings of Soulé.
How Common Is The Last Name Soulé? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 275,425th most commonly occurring last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 5,172,140 people. The surname Soulé occurs predominantly in Africa, where 85 percent of Soulé live; 47 percent live in East Africa and 47 percent live in Afro-Islamic Indian Ocean. Soulé is also the 191,769th most commonly used given name in the world. It is borne by 1,621 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Comoros, where it is carried by 663 people, or 1 in 1,131. Besides Comoros this last name is found in 25 countries. It is also found in Mauritania, where 28 percent are found and France, where 11 percent are found.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Soulé
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