Sourai Surname
Approximately 48 people bear this surname
Sourai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 44 | 1:472,024 | 38,779 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
Sourai (47) may also be a first name.
Sourai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sourai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sourai is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sourai? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sourai is the 2,808,717th most widely held surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 151,823,873 people. The surname Sourai is predominantly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Sourai are found; 90 percent are found in West Africa and 88 percent are found in Chadic Africa. Sourai is also the 1,467,136th most numerous first name globally, borne by 47 people.
Sourai is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is held by 44 people, or 1 in 472,024. In Cameroon Sourai is most common in: Far North Region, where 98 percent reside and Centre Region, where 2 percent reside. Aside from Cameroon this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Greece, where 2 percent reside and India, where 2 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 Sourai
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