Souken Surname
Approximately 2 people bear this surname
Souken Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Souken (2) may also be a first name.
Souken Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Souken Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Souken is more commonly found in Benin than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Souken? popularity and diffusion
The surname Souken is the 11,742,229th most frequently occurring surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 50 percent of Souken live; 50 percent live in West Africa and 50 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Souken is also the 9,404,674th most commonly held first name worldwide It is held by 2 people.
It is most frequent in Benin, where it is borne by 1 people, or 1 in 10,335,602. In Benin it is most common in: Borgou Department, where 100 percent reside. Besides Benin Souken exists in one country. It is also common in Brazil, where 50 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Souken
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis