Souya Surname
Approximately 52 people bear this surname
Souya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 22 | 1:186,130 | 9,575 |
| Cameroon | 16 | 1:1,298,067 | 76,941 |
| Niger | 6 | 1:3,198,670 | 54,540 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Souya (53) may also be a first name.
Souya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Souya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Souya (Bengali: সোউয়া, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺻﻮﻳﺎ) occurs most in Mauritania. It can appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Souya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,689,253rd most frequent last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 140,145,114 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 90 percent of Souya reside; 87 percent reside in West Africa and 69 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. Souya is also the 1,366,219th most frequently held forename worldwide. It is borne by 53 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Mauritania, where it is carried by 22 people, or 1 in 186,130. In Mauritania Souya is primarily found in: Gorgol Region, where 100 percent are found. Besides Mauritania this surname occurs in 10 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 31 percent are found and Niger, where 12 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Souya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Souya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺻﻮﻳﺎ | swya | - |
| Souya in the Bengali language | ||
| সোউয়া | so'uya | - |
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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
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- 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 Souya
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