Sognan Surname
Approximately 40 people bear this surname
Sognan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 22 | 1:469,800 | 32,108 |
| Ivory Coast | 14 | 1:1,647,945 | 32,915 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
Sognan (24) may also be a first name.
Sognan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sognan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sognan is held by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Sognan.
How Common Is The Last Name Sognan? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,100,440th most frequently used family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 182,188,648 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 78 percent of Sognan reside; 78 percent reside in West Africa and 78 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Sognan is also the 2,187,323rd most widespread first name in the world It is held by 24 people.
It is most frequently held in Benin, where it is carried by 22 people, or 1 in 469,800. In Benin Sognan is most frequent in: Kouffo Department, where 100 percent are found. Outside of Benin Sognan occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 35 percent are found and The United Arab Emirates, where 10 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 Sognan
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