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 surname Sognane (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺻﻮﻧﻴﺎﻥ) is held by more people in Senegal than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sognane? popularity and diffusion
It is the 245,179th most frequently held family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 4,487,405 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Sognane are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Senegambia Africa.
This last name is most frequently used in Senegal, where it is borne by 1,485 people, or 1 in 9,818. In Senegal Sognane is most numerous in: Matam Region, where 64 percent reside, Dakar Region, where 20 percent reside and Thiès Region, where 5 percent reside. Besides Senegal Sognane occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Mauritania, where 7 percent reside and France, where 1 percent reside.
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
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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 Sognane
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