Saounde Surname

1,907,068th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 95 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Saounde Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Saounde Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon761:273,27726,204
France181:3,690,151224,666
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155

The alternate forms: Saoundé (1) are calculated separately.

Saounde Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Saounde Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Saounde occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant: Saoundé. For other possible spellings of Saounde click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Saounde? popularity and diffusion

Saounde is the 1,907,068th most commonly held surname globally, held by around 1 in 76,711,010 people. The surname Saounde is predominantly found in Africa, where 80 percent of Saounde live; 80 percent live in Central Africa and 79 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.

The last name Saounde is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is borne by 76 people, or 1 in 273,277. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: Littoral Region, where 42 percent live, West Region, where 26 percent live and Centre Region, where 21 percent live. Beside Cameroon it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in France, where 19 percent live and Denmark, where 1 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 Saounde
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