Sousia Surname
Approximately 97 people bear this surname
Sousia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 78 | 1:266,270 | 25,687 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 53 | 1:947,522 | 56,651 |
Sousia (259) may also be a first name.
Sousia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sousia Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sousia is most common in Cameroon. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sousia? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sousia is the 1,882,912th most frequently occurring family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 75,129,339 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Sousia reside; 63 percent reside in West Africa and 35 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 553,262nd most frequent first name on earth, borne by 259 people.
The surname is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is borne by 78 people, or 1 in 266,270. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: Far North Region, where 60 percent are found, North Region, where 15 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 13 percent are found. Apart from Cameroon this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Morocco, where 9 percent are found and Benin, where 2 percent are found.
Sousia Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Sousia has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname fell 96 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Sousia
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