Souanou Surname

961,438th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 271 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Guinea
Highest density in:
Guinea

Souanou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Souanou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Guinea2531:46,774651
Benin161:645,97538,126
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Souanou (22) may also be a first name.

Souanou Last Name Facts

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

Souanou is more frequently found in Guinea than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Souanou? popularity and diffusion

The surname Souanou is the 961,438th most commonly held surname globally, borne by around 1 in 26,891,313 people. The surname Souanou is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Souanou reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 93 percent reside in Mande Africa. It is also the 2,301,746th most common forename worldwide It is held by 22 people.

This surname is most widely held in Guinea, where it is carried by 253 people, or 1 in 46,774. In Guinea it is mostly found in: Kankan Region, where 100 percent reside. Barring Guinea this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 6 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, where 0 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
  • 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 Souanou
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