Sotonou Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Benin

Sotonou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sotonou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Benin81:1,291,95054,095
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Sotonou Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Sotonou Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Sotonou is held by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Sotonou? popularity and diffusion

The last name Sotonou is the 6,360,413th most widely held family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. The last name Sotonou is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sotonou reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

Sotonou is most frequently held in Benin, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 1,291,950. In Benin it is primarily found in: Zou Department, where 50 percent live, Kouffo Department, where 25 percent live and Mono Department, where 13 percent live. Barring Benin Sotonou exists in one country. It is also found in Nigeria, where 11 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sotonhou9339/
Sotono929/
Soetono86172/
Satongou8018/
Sotonoji801/
Zotounou801/
Sutono774,288/
Sotona77412/
Satono77189/
Sotano77163/
Sotuno771/
Zotonhoue7594/
Zoutounou7525/
Soutangou754/
Satoungou751/
Southanou751/
Sotonye71648/
Sottano71167/
Suitonu7144/
Siatono7136/
Shotona7126/
Zoutounnou7122/
Sattono7114/
Sotanos7110/
Sottona7110/
Sotthonnot714/
Sothano712/
Satonho711/
Satonno711/
Sostano711/
Suttono711/
Suthotnu67323/
Suthotno6747/
Suotonye6720/
Soutonye6710/
Shotanus672/
Chotonho671/
Shotonye671/
Zatounou671/
Sotoonie671/
Shatongo671/
Soutonie671/
Soutouna671/
Satangou671/
Satonnoe671/
Sutthono671/
Soottano671/
Sutomnoi671/

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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 Sotonou
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