Sonouga Surname
Approximately 92 people bear this surname
Sonouga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 88 | 1:117,450 | 12,976 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
Sonouga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sonouga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sonouga has its highest incidence in Benin. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sonouga? popularity and diffusion
Sonouga is the 1,943,350th most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 79,212,456 people. The last name Sonouga is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sonouga live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This last name is most widespread in Benin, where it is held by 88 people, or 1 in 117,450. In Benin it is most numerous in: Mono Department, where 80 percent live, Atlantique Department, where 11 percent live and Zou Department, where 7 percent live. Besides Benin this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 3 percent live and Togo, where 1 percent live.
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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 Sonouga
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