Sonoun Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Sonoun Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 7 | 1:1,476,515 | 57,381 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Sonoun Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sonoun Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sonoun is most common in Benin. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Sonoun click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sonoun? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,360,413th most prevalent surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 89 percent of Sonoun reside; 78 percent reside in West Africa and 78 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This last name is most commonly used in Benin, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 1,476,515. In Benin Sonoun is mostly concentrated in: Collines Department, where 86 percent reside and Ouémé Department, where 14 percent reside. Beside Benin it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 11 percent reside and Thailand, where 11 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
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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 Sonoun
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