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 last name Sohoume is held by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Sohoume click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sohoume? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,391,595th most widely held surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 46,417,490 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sohoume live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Benin, where it is held by 155 people, or 1 in 66,681. In Benin it is most common in: Kouffo Department, where 77 percent reside, Mono Department, where 10 percent reside and Zou Department, where 7 percent reside. Beside Benin this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common 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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