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
The surname Soureya is found in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Soureya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Soureya is the 172,234th most numerous last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 2,917,352 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Soureya are found; 75 percent are found in West Africa and 59 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. Soureya is also the 88,831st most commonly occurring first name on earth It is held by 5,670 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is held by 2,488 people, or 1 in 8,348. In Cameroon Soureya is mostly concentrated in: Far North Region, where 60 percent are found, North Region, where 21 percent are found and Adamawa Region, where 9 percent are found. Aside from Cameroon it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Chad, where 0 percent are found and Niger, where 0 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 Soureya
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