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
The surname Sohouenou occurs more in Benin more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms: Sohouénou. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sohouenou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 552,857th most frequent family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 12,630,062 people. This surname is primarily found 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. Sohouenou is also the 1,467,136th most common first name worldwide. It is borne by 47 people.
Sohouenou is most prevalent in Benin, where it is carried by 564 people, or 1 in 18,326. In Benin it is most frequent in: Atlantique Department, where 32 percent are found, Zou Department, where 31 percent are found and Mono Department, where 14 percent are found. Excluding Benin this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 1 percent are found and Cameroon, where 0 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 Sohouenou
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