Soukoune Surname
Approximately 18 people bear this surname
Soukoune Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 17 | 1:607,977 | 36,930 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Soukoune Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Soukoune Come From? nationality or country of origin
Soukoune is borne by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Soukoune? popularity and diffusion
The last name Soukoune is the 4,649,889th most commonly used family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Soukoune are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 94 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Soukoune is most numerous in Benin, where it is held by 17 people, or 1 in 607,977. In Benin it is primarily concentrated in: Alibori Department, where 94 percent reside and Borgou Department, where 6 percent reside. Besides Benin Soukoune occurs in one country. It is also found in Cameroon, where 6 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
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- 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 Soukoune
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