Sonou Surname
Approximately 1,306 people bear this surname
Sonou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 1,211 | 1:8,535 | 1,176 |
| Ivory Coast | 19 | 1:1,214,275 | 27,625 |
| Burkina Faso | 17 | 1:1,079,535 | 10,589 |
| France | 14 | 1:4,744,480 | 251,814 |
| Togo | 9 | 1:805,308 | 6,372 |
| Canada | 8 | 1:4,605,699 | 220,704 |
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Sonou (1,060) may also be a first name.
Sonou Demographics
Average Sonou Salary in
Canada
$32,783 CAD
Per year
Average Salary in
Canada
$49,683 CAD
Per year
Sonou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sonou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sonou (Hindi: सोनू, Marathi: सोनू) occurs more in Benin more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sonou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sonou is the 292,632nd most frequently occurring surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 5,580,050 people. The last name Sonou is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Sonou live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 245,806th most prevalent given name worldwide. It is borne by 1,060 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Benin, where it is carried by 1,211 people, or 1 in 8,535. In Benin Sonou is most numerous in: Ouémé Department, where 21 percent reside, Atlantique Department, where 18 percent reside and Zou Department, where 14 percent reside. Other than Benin this last name is found in 18 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 1 percent reside and Burkina Faso, where 1 percent reside.
Sonou Last Name Statistics demography
Sonou earn significantly less than the average income. In Canada they earn 34.02% less than the national average, earning $32,783 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sonou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sonou in the Marathi language | ||
| सोनू | sonu | - |
| Sonou in the Hindi language | ||
| सोनू | sonu | 93.1 |
| सोनौ | sonau | 3.45 |
| सोनूू | sonuu | 3.45 |
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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 Sonou
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