Souraiya Surname
Approximately 87 people bear this surname
Souraiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 84 | 1:247,251 | 24,294 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Souraiya (136) may also be a first name.
Souraiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Souraiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Souraiya is found in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Souraiya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Souraiya is the 2,007,164th most commonly held surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 83,764,896 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Souraiya are found; 84 percent are found in West Africa and 51 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. Souraiya is also the 794,286th most commonly occurring given name globally. It is borne by 136 people.
The surname Souraiya is most common in Cameroon, where it is held by 84 people, or 1 in 247,251. In Cameroon Souraiya is most common in: Far North Region, where 46 percent are found, Adamawa Region, where 27 percent are found and North Region, where 26 percent are found. Without taking into account Cameroon this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 2 percent are found and India, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Souraiya
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