Sohoume Surname
Approximately 157 people bear this surname
Sohoume Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 155 | 1:66,681 | 8,149 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
Sohoume Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sohoume Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sohoume occurs more in Benin more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sohoume? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,391,595th most numerous surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 46,417,490 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sohoume reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Sohoume is most frequently used in Benin, where it is borne by 155 people, or 1 in 66,681. In Benin Sohoume is most prevalent in: Kouffo Department, where 77 percent reside, Mono Department, where 10 percent reside and Zou Department, where 7 percent reside. Besides Benin Sohoume exists in 2 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 1 percent reside and Togo, 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 Sohoume
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