Sougane Surname
Approximately 274 people bear this surname
Sougane Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mali | 258 | 1:65,771 | 1,556 |
| Senegal | 13 | 1:1,121,488 | 3,334 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
The alternate forms: Sougané (1) are calculated separately.
Sougane Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sougane Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sougane (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻮﻛﺎﻧﻰ) is found in Mali more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant: Sougané. Click here to see other potential spellings of Sougane.
How Common Is The Last Name Sougane? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 953,750th most commonly held surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 26,596,883 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sougane live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Mande Africa.
Sougane is most commonly used in Mali, where it is held by 258 people, or 1 in 65,771. Other than Mali this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Senegal, where 5 percent live and Cameroon, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sougane Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sougane in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﻮﻛﺎﻧﻰ | swkany | - |
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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 Sougane
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