Sonanon Surname
Approximately 82 people bear this surname
Sonanon Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 76 | 1:135,995 | 14,517 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Sonanon Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sonanon Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sonanon is held by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Sonanon.
How Common Is The Last Name Sonanon? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,075,631st most widely held surname internationally, held by around 1 in 88,872,511 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Sonanon live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Sonanon is most frequently used in Benin, where it is carried by 76 people, or 1 in 135,995. In Benin it is most frequent in: Collines Department, where 79 percent are found, Plateau Department, where 8 percent are found and Zou Department, where 7 percent are found. Barring Benin it is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 4 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Sonanon
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