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
Sonoun is more frequently found in Benin than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Sonoun click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sonoun? popularity and diffusion
Sonoun is the 6,360,413th most numerous family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 89 percent of Sonoun live; 78 percent live in West Africa and 78 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most common in Benin, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 1,476,515. In Benin Sonoun is mostly found in: Collines Department, where 86 percent are found and Ouémé Department, where 14 percent are found. Outside of Benin this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 11 percent are found and Thailand, where 11 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 Sonoun
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