Soumela Surname
Approximately 53 people bear this surname
Soumela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 24 | 1:799,667 | 18,510 |
| Benin | 14 | 1:738,257 | 40,906 |
| Belgium | 6 | 1:1,916,107 | 103,447 |
| Greece | 5 | 1:2,215,958 | 91,893 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
Soumela (887) may also be a first name.
Soumela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Soumela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Soumela is found in Niger more than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Soumela? popularity and diffusion
The surname Soumela is the 2,661,929th most common last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 137,500,866 people. The last name Soumela is mostly found in Africa, where 72 percent of Soumela reside; 72 percent reside in West Africa and 45 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Soumela is also the 272,925th most common first name world-wide, held by 887 people.
The last name Soumela is most frequently occurring in Niger, where it is held by 24 people, or 1 in 799,667. In Niger it is primarily concentrated in: Tillabéri Region, where 79 percent reside, Zinder Region, where 13 percent reside and Niamey Capital District, where 4 percent reside. Other than Niger this last name exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 26 percent reside and Belgium, where 11 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 Soumela
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