Sohonou Surname

1,628,521st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 123 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Benin

Sohonou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sohonou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Benin1221:84,7189,949
England11:55,718,059489,080

Sohonou Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Sohonou Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Sohonou has its highest incidence in Benin. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sohonou? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,628,521st most prevalent last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 59,248,341 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Sohonou live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

It is most prevalent in Benin, where it is borne by 122 people, or 1 in 84,718. In Benin it is most frequent in: Mono Department, where 63 percent reside, Kouffo Department, where 29 percent reside and Zou Department, where 5 percent reside. Without taking into account Benin Sohonou occurs in one country. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent reside.

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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 Sohonou
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