Sohoun Surname
Approximately 609 people bear this surname
Sohoun Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 596 | 1:17,342 | 2,352 |
| Ivory Coast | 11 | 1:2,097,385 | 37,425 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Palestine | 1 | 1:4,548,849 | 18,388 |
Sohoun Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sohoun Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sohoun is most common in Benin. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sohoun? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 530,954th most numerous surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 11,966,414 people. The last name Sohoun is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Sohoun reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most frequently used in Benin, where it is carried by 596 people, or 1 in 17,342. In Benin Sohoun is most frequent in: Zou Department, where 93 percent reside, Littoral Department, where 3 percent reside and Collines Department, where 1 percent reside. Barring Benin this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 2 percent reside and France, where 0 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 Sohoun
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