Samoune Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Samoune Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 7 | 1:2,741,717 | 49,802 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Samoune (11) may also be a first name.
Samoune Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samoune Come From? nationality or country of origin
Samoune is found in Niger more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Samoune? popularity and diffusion
It is the 5,587,209th most commonly occurring surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. Samoune is mostly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Samoune live; 58 percent live in West Africa and 58 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most common first name in the world, borne by 11 people.
The surname Samoune is most frequently held in Niger, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 2,741,717. In Niger Samoune is primarily concentrated in: Tahoua Region, where 86 percent are found and Zinder Region, where 14 percent are found. Outside of Niger this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Algeria, where 33 percent are found and France, where 8 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 Samoune
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