Soghana Surname
Approximately 2 people bear this surname
Soghana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Soghana (7) may also be a first name.
Soghana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Soghana Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Soghana (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻮﻗﻮﻧﺎ) occurs in Mauritania more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Soghana click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Soghana? popularity and diffusion
It is the 11,742,229th most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. Soghana occurs mostly in Africa, where 50 percent of Soghana reside; 50 percent reside in West Africa and 50 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. Soghana is also the 4,548,448th most frequently occurring forename throughout the world, held by 7 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Mauritania, where it is carried by 1 people, or 1 in 4,094,863. In Mauritania Soghana is mostly found in: Guidimagha Region, where 100 percent are found. Beside Mauritania Soghana occurs in one country. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 50 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Soghana Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Soghana in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﻮﻗﻮﻧﺎ | swqwna | - |
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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 Soghana
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