Soureya Surname
Approximately 2,498 people bear this surname
Soureya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 2,488 | 1:8,348 | 1,085 |
| Chad | 9 | 1:1,510,244 | 5,402 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Soureya (5,670) may also be a first name.
Soureya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Soureya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Soureya is most common in Cameroon. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Soureya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 172,234th most prevalent family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 2,917,352 people. The last name Soureya occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Soureya live; 75 percent live in West Africa and 59 percent live in Senegambia Africa. Soureya is also the 88,831st most prevalent first name on earth, held by 5,670 people.
The surname Soureya is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 2,488 people, or 1 in 8,348. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: Far North Region, where 60 percent reside, North Region, where 21 percent reside and Adamawa Region, where 9 percent reside. Beside Cameroon this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Chad, where 0 percent reside and Niger, where 0 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 Soureya
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