Sourayya Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Sourayya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 7 | 1:2,741,717 | 49,802 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
Sourayya (188) may also be a first name.
Sourayya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sourayya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sourayya is carried by more people in Niger than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sourayya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sourayya is the 6,360,413th most numerous surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. The surname Sourayya occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sourayya reside; 89 percent reside in West Africa and 89 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Sourayya is also the 663,277th most commonly occurring forename globally It is held by 188 people.
The last name Sourayya is most frequently occurring in Niger, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 2,741,717. In Niger Sourayya is primarily concentrated in: Tillabéri Region, where 71 percent reside and Zinder Region, where 29 percent reside. Aside from Niger this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 22 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 Sourayya
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