Soumaiya Surname
Approximately 37 people bear this surname
Soumaiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 30 | 1:692,302 | 50,404 |
| Niger | 4 | 1:4,798,004 | 75,547 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
Soumaiya (221) may also be a first name.
Soumaiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Soumaiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Soumaiya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻤﻴﻪ, Marathi: सौिमया) is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Soumaiya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Soumaiya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Soumaiya is the 3,228,735th most frequently used family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 196,960,700 people. The surname Soumaiya occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Soumaiya are found; 86 percent are found in West Africa and 68 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 606,684th most frequently used first name at a global level, borne by 221 people.
The last name Soumaiya is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is carried by 30 people, or 1 in 692,302. In Cameroon Soumaiya is most numerous in: Far North Region, where 63 percent live, North Region, where 27 percent live and Adamawa Region, where 7 percent live. Barring Cameroon this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 11 percent live and India, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Soumaiya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Soumaiya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﻤﻴﻪ | smyh | - |
| Soumaiya in the Marathi language | ||
| सौिमया | sauimaya | 33.33 |
| सौमैया | saumaiya | 33.33 |
| सुमया | sumaya | 16.67 |
| सुमैया | sumaiya | 16.67 |
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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
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- 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 Soumaiya
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