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 surname Souya (Bengali: সোউয়া, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺻﻮﻳﺎ) is most common in Mauritania. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Souya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Souya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Souya is the 2,689,253rd most widespread surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 140,145,114 people. The last name Souya occurs mostly in Africa, where 90 percent of Souya are found; 87 percent are found in West Africa and 69 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 1,366,219th most widely held given name world-wide, held by 53 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Mauritania, where it is borne by 22 people, or 1 in 186,130. In Mauritania Souya is most prevalent in: Gorgol Region, where 100 percent reside. Not including Mauritania this last name is found in 10 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 31 percent reside and Niger, where 12 percent reside.
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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