Souye Surname
Approximately 47 people bear this surname
Souye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 36 | 1:4,920,632 | 129,434 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Souye (53) may also be a first name.
Souye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Souye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Souye occurs most in Nigeria. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Souye.
How Common Is The Last Name Souye? popularity and diffusion
The last name Souye is the 2,843,861st most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 155,054,168 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 85 percent of Souye reside; 83 percent reside in West Africa and 77 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Souye is also the 1,366,219th most frequently occurring first name internationally It is held by 53 people.
Souye is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 36 people, or 1 in 4,920,632. In Nigeria Souye is most frequent in: Bayelsa, where 97 percent reside and Lagos, where 3 percent reside. Other than Nigeria this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 13 percent reside and Cameroon, where 9 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 Souye
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