Soumale Surname
Approximately 151 people bear this surname
Soumale Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 134 | 1:77,131 | 9,191 |
| Ivory Coast | 10 | 1:2,307,123 | 39,352 |
| Niger | 5 | 1:3,838,403 | 64,195 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
The alternate forms: Soumalé (1) are calculated separately.
Soumale (587) may also be a first name.
Soumale Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Soumale Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Soumale is borne by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Soumalé. Click here for further potential spellings of Soumale.
How Common Is The Last Name Soumale? popularity and diffusion
The last name Soumale is the 1,428,594th most widespread last name internationally, held by around 1 in 48,261,893 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Soumale are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 95 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 345,345th most numerous first name globally, held by 587 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Benin, where it is held by 134 people, or 1 in 77,131. In Benin it is primarily concentrated in: Zou Department, where 90 percent reside, Atlantique Department, where 7 percent reside and Collines Department, where 1 percent reside. Aside from Benin this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 7 percent reside and Niger, where 3 percent reside.
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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 Soumale
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