Souma Surname
Approximately 6,172 people bear this surname
Souma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 1,534 | 1:22,475 | 3,521 |
| Cameroon | 991 | 1:20,958 | 2,852 |
| Burkina Faso | 888 | 1:20,667 | 1,410 |
| Mali | 839 | 1:20,225 | 746 |
| Chad | 385 | 1:35,304 | 4,109 |
| Guinea | 245 | 1:48,301 | 657 |
| Ivory Coast | 166 | 1:138,983 | 6,619 |
| Egypt | 153 | 1:600,887 | 32,813 |
| Benin | 139 | 1:74,357 | 8,912 |
| Greece | 129 | 1:85,890 | 14,528 |
| Niger | 125 | 1:153,536 | 5,588 |
| Japan | 94 | 1:1,360,046 | 23,299 |
| Senegal | 87 | 1:167,579 | 1,305 |
| South Africa | 87 | 1:622,732 | 46,743 |
| Iraq | 73 | 1:479,749 | 8,022 |
| United States | 67 | 1:5,409,835 | 270,257 |
| Tunisia | 42 | 1:14,539 | 2,384 |
| France | 21 | 1:3,162,987 | 209,042 |
| Sweden | 14 | 1:703,340 | 52,204 |
| Canada | 9 | 1:4,093,955 | 205,175 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Russia | 8 | 1:18,015,382 | 436,635 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Algeria | 6 | 1:6,438,592 | 53,709 |
| Congo | 6 | 1:831,516 | 16,072 |
| Mauritania | 5 | 1:818,973 | 23,459 |
| Yemen | 5 | 1:5,285,059 | 21,214 |
| Gambia | 4 | 1:480,863 | 548 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Souma (5,796) may also be a first name.
Souma Demographics
Average Souma Salary in
United States
$38,834 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Souma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Souma Come From? nationality or country of origin
Souma (Arabic: صومع, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻮﻣﻪ, Hindi: सौमा, Marathi: सोमा, Russian: Соума) is more frequently found in Morocco than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Souma? popularity and diffusion
Souma is the 79,089th most commonly held surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 1,180,743 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 92 percent of Souma live; 48 percent live in West Africa and 26 percent live in Mahgreb. Souma is also the 87,624th most prevalent first name throughout the world, borne by 5,796 people.
The last name Souma is most widespread in Morocco, where it is held by 1,534 people, or 1 in 22,475. Barring Morocco Souma exists in 48 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 16 percent live and Burkina Faso, where 14 percent live.
Souma Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Souma last name are 6.17% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 52.94% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Souma earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 80.54% more than the national average, earning R 429,024 per year; in United States they earn 10% less than the national average, earning $38,834 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.52% less than the national average, earning $44,454 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Souma Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Souma in the Hindi language | ||
| सौमा | sauma | 99.07 |
| सोूमा | souma | 0.93 |
| Souma in the Marathi language | ||
| सोमा | soma | 50 |
| सौमा | sauma | 50 |
| Souma in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﻮﻣﻪ | swmh | 40 |
| ﺳﻮﻣﺎ | swma | 30 |
| ﺳﻮﻡ | swm | 20 |
| ﺳﻤﺎ | sma | 10 |
| Souma in the Russian language | ||
| Соума | souma | - |
| Souma in the Arabic language | ||
| صومع | swm | - |
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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 Souma
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