View the most partisan surnames in The United States

Where Does The Last Name Soura Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Soura (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻮﺭﺍ, Hindi: सौरा, Marathi: सौरा, Oriya: େସୗରା) is found most frequently in Burkina Faso. It may be rendered as: Šoura. Click here for further potential spellings of Soura.

How Common Is The Last Name Soura? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The surname is the 52,032^nd most prevalent family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 740,454 people. The surname Soura occurs predominantly in Africa, where 73 percent of Soura live; 73 percent live in West Africa and 66 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Soura is also the 219,079^th most prevalent forename globally, borne by 1,292 people.

The last name Soura is most common in Burkina Faso, where it is carried by 6,696 people, or 1 in 2,741. In Burkina Faso Soura is most frequent in: Cascades Region, where 85 percent live, Hauts-Bassins Region, where 7 percent live and Centre Region, where 5 percent live. Excluding Burkina Faso Soura is found in 26 countries. It also occurs in India, where 22 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 4 percent live.

Soura Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The frequency of Soura has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Soura surname grew 4,000 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Soura Last Name Statistics ^demography

In The United States those bearing the Soura last name are 32.18% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 78.95% registered with the party.

The amount Soura earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 23.48% more than the national average, earning $53,281 USD per year and in Canada they earn 35.91% less than the national average, earning $31,841 CAD per year.