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 last name Soumale is more commonly found in Benin than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Soumalé. For other possible spellings of Soumale click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Soumale? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,428,594th most commonly occurring family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 48,261,893 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Soumale live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 345,345th most frequently used first name in the world, held by 587 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Benin, where it is borne by 134 people, or 1 in 77,131. In Benin it is most numerous in: Zou Department, where 90 percent reside, Atlantique Department, where 7 percent reside and Collines Department, where 1 percent reside. Besides Benin this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also found 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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