Soumailou Surname
Approximately 549 people bear this surname
Soumailou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 448 | 1:42,839 | 2,262 |
| Burkina Faso | 68 | 1:269,884 | 5,074 |
| Benin | 22 | 1:469,800 | 32,108 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Mali | 4 | 1:4,242,259 | 2,433 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
The alternate forms: Soumaïlou (9) are calculated separately.
Soumailou (638) may also be a first name.
Soumailou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Soumailou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Soumailou is found in Niger more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant: Soumaïlou. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Soumailou? popularity and diffusion
Soumailou is the 573,706th most frequently occurring last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 13,274,218 people. The last name Soumailou is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Soumailou reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 82 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 329,390th most frequently occurring first name globally It is held by 638 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Niger, where it is carried by 448 people, or 1 in 42,839. In Niger it is most numerous in: Tillabéri Region, where 57 percent live, Dosso Region, where 26 percent live and Zinder Region, where 9 percent live. Without taking into account Niger it is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Burkina Faso, where 12 percent live and Benin, where 4 percent live.
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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 Soumailou
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