Sognane Surname
Approximately 1,624 people bear this surname
Sognane Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senegal | 1,485 | 1:9,818 | 379 |
| Mauritania | 115 | 1:35,608 | 2,839 |
| France | 12 | 1:5,535,227 | 269,324 |
| Mali | 9 | 1:1,885,448 | 1,868 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Sognane Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sognane Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sognane (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺻﻮﻧﻴﺎﻥ) is held by more people in Senegal than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sognane? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sognane is the 245,179th most widespread last name globally It is held by around 1 in 4,487,405 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Sognane live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Senegambia Africa.
The surname is most common in Senegal, where it is held by 1,485 people, or 1 in 9,818. In Senegal Sognane is primarily found in: Matam Region, where 64 percent live, Dakar Region, where 20 percent live and Thiès Region, where 5 percent live. Outside of Senegal Sognane exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Mauritania, where 7 percent live and France, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sognane Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sognane in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺻﻮﻧﻴﺎﻥ | swnyan | 42.42 |
| ﺳﻮﻧﻴﺎﻥ | swnyan | 30.3 |
| ﺻﻮﻧﺎﻥ | swnan | 12.12 |
| ﺳﻨﻴﺎﻥ | snyan | 6.06 |
| ﺻﻮﻧﺠﺎﻥ | swnjan | 3.03 |
| ﺻﻮﻳﺎﻥ | swyan | 3.03 |
| ﺳﻮﻛﺎﻥ | swkan | 3.03 |
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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 Sognane
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