Sohounou Surname
Approximately 803 people bear this surname
Sohounou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 802 | 1:12,887 | 1,765 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Sohounou (16) may also be a first name.
Sohounou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sohounou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sohounou is found in Benin more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sohounou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 429,441st most commonly occurring family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 9,075,400 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sohounou live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Sohounou is also the 2,786,762nd most commonly used first name globally It is held by 16 people.
The last name Sohounou is most common in Benin, where it is held by 802 people, or 1 in 12,887. In Benin Sohounou is most prevalent in: Kouffo Department, where 83 percent reside, Plateau Department, where 4 percent reside and Mono Department, where 3 percent reside. Besides Benin it exists in one country. It is also common in Niger, 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 Sohounou
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