Sohounde Surname

493,936th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 669 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Benin

Sohounde Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sohounde Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Benin6681:15,4722,090
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Sohounde (83) may also be a first name.

Sohounde Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Sohounde Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Sohounde is more commonly found in Benin than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sohounde? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 493,936th most frequently occurring last name globally It is held by around 1 in 10,893,193 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sohounde reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Sohounde is also the 1,052,971st most widely held first name throughout the world, held by 83 people.

The surname Sohounde is most commonly used in Benin, where it is borne by 668 people, or 1 in 15,472. In Benin Sohounde is most common in: Kouffo Department, where 67 percent reside, Zou Department, where 13 percent reside and Littoral Department, where 10 percent reside. Excluding Benin Sohounde exists in one country. It is also common in Nigeria, 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
  • 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 Sohounde
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