Soumara Surname
Approximately 153 people bear this surname
Soumara Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 61 | 1:1,088,897 | 118,069 |
| Burkina Faso | 57 | 1:321,967 | 5,544 |
| Ivory Coast | 13 | 1:1,774,710 | 34,235 |
| Senegal | 9 | 1:1,619,927 | 4,107 |
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
| Niger | 4 | 1:4,798,004 | 75,547 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Comoros | 1 | 1:749,524 | 685 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Soumara (30) may also be a first name.
Soumara Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Soumara Come From? nationality or country of origin
Soumara (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻤﺎﺭﺍ) is more commonly found in France than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Soumara? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,415,499th most frequently held last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 47,631,019 people. Soumara occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Soumara live; 56 percent live in West Africa and 37 percent live in Gallo-Indian Ocean. It is also the 1,911,214th most widespread first name throughout the world It is held by 30 people.
The surname is most prevalent in France, where it is carried by 61 people, or 1 in 1,088,897. In France it is primarily found in: Réunion, where 93 percent are found, Île-de-France, where 3 percent are found and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 2 percent are found. Not including France this last name is found in 9 countries. It is also found in Burkina Faso, where 37 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 8 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Soumara Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Soumara in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﻤﺎﺭﺍ | smara | 25 |
| ﺳﻮﻣﺎﺭﻯ | swmary | 25 |
| ﺳﻮﻣﺎﺭ | swmar | 25 |
| ﺳﻤﺎﺭﻯ | smary | 25 |
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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 Soumara
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