Saouna Surname
Approximately 40 people bear this surname
Saouna Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 26 | 1:738,154 | 17,467 |
| Cameroon | 7 | 1:2,967,010 | 123,373 |
| Benin | 6 | 1:1,722,600 | 61,769 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Saouna (52) may also be a first name.
Saouna Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Saouna Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Saouna is most common in Niger. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Saouna? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,100,440th most prevalent family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 182,188,648 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Saouna live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 83 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 1,381,723rd most numerous first name in the world, held by 52 people.
This surname is most common in Niger, where it is held by 26 people, or 1 in 738,154. In Niger Saouna is most numerous in: Dosso Region, where 81 percent live, Tillabéri Region, where 12 percent live and Maradi Region, where 4 percent live. Besides Niger this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 18 percent live and Benin, where 15 percent live.
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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 Saouna
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