Somanou Surname
Approximately 38 people bear this surname
Somanou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 37 | 1:279,341 | 23,629 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Somanou (26) may also be a first name.
Somanou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Somanou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Somanou occurs more in Benin more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Somanou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Somanou is the 3,185,033rd most commonly held surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 191,777,524 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Somanou are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Somanou is also the 2,084,397th most commonly used forename throughout the world. It is borne by 26 people.
This surname is most common in Benin, where it is carried by 37 people, or 1 in 279,341. In Benin Somanou is most frequent in: Borgou Department, where 35 percent reside, Collines Department, where 19 percent reside and Littoral Department, where 16 percent reside. Other than Benin this surname exists in one country. It is also common in France, where 3 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 Somanou
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