Soumeya Surname
Approximately 68 people bear this surname
Soumeya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 45 | 1:461,535 | 38,189 |
| Algeria | 5 | 1:7,726,310 | 57,379 |
| Niger | 4 | 1:4,798,004 | 75,547 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Soumeya (18,409) may also be a first name.
Soumeya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Soumeya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Soumeya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻤﻴﻪ) is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Soumeya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,312,869th most frequently occurring last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 107,169,793 people. The last name Soumeya occurs predominantly in Africa, where 91 percent of Soumeya are found; 72 percent are found in West Africa and 63 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. Soumeya is also the 40,161st most widespread first name on earth It is held by 18,409 people.
The last name Soumeya is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 45 people, or 1 in 461,535. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: Far North Region, where 93 percent live, East Region, where 2 percent live and North Region, where 2 percent live. Beside Cameroon this surname is found in 12 countries. It is also common in Algeria, where 7 percent live and Niger, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Soumeya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Soumeya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﻤﻴﻪ | smyh | 66.67 |
| ﺳﻤﻴﺔ | smyt | 25.36 |
| ﺳﻮﻣﻴﻪ | swmyh | 2.9 |
| ﺳﻤﻲ | smy | 2.9 |
| ﺍﻟﺴﻤﻴﻪ | alsmyh | 0.72 |
| ﺳﻮﻣﻴﺔ | swmyt | 0.72 |
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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 Soumeya
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