Sognom Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Sognom Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
Sognom Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sognom Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sognom is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sognom? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sognom is the 8,193,072nd most widely held last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sognom live; 60 percent live in Central Africa and 60 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name Sognom is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 6,923,023. In Cameroon Sognom is primarily found in: Centre Region, where 33 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 33 percent are found. Outside of Cameroon this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Benin, where 40 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 Sognom
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