Souraja Surname
Approximately 135 people bear this surname
Souraja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 132 | 1:145,394 | 5,367 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
Souraja (253) may also be a first name.
Souraja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Souraja Come From? nationality or country of origin
Souraja is found most in Niger. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Souraja? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,537,949th most numerous last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 53,981,822 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Souraja are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Chadic Africa. Souraja is also the 560,146th most frequent first name internationally, borne by 253 people.
Souraja is most widely held in Niger, where it is carried by 132 people, or 1 in 145,394. In Niger Souraja is most prevalent in: Zinder Region, where 98 percent live, Agadez Region, where 2 percent live and Maradi Region, where 1 percent live. Besides Niger Souraja is found in one country. It is also common in Nigeria, where 2 percent live.
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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 Souraja
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