Sohouenou Surname
Approximately 577 people bear this surname
Sohouenou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 564 | 1:18,326 | 2,469 |
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Sohouénou (2) are calculated separately.
Sohouenou (47) may also be a first name.
Sohouenou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sohouenou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sohouenou is held by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as: Sohouénou. Click here for other potential spellings of Sohouenou.
How Common Is The Last Name Sohouenou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 552,857th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 12,630,062 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Sohouenou are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,467,136th most commonly held first name internationally. It is borne by 47 people.
The surname Sohouenou is most frequently used in Benin, where it is held by 564 people, or 1 in 18,326. In Benin Sohouenou is primarily concentrated in: Atlantique Department, where 32 percent live, Zou Department, where 31 percent live and Mono Department, where 14 percent live. Apart from Benin this surname exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 1 percent live and Cameroon, where 0 percent live.
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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 Sohouenou
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