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
The surname Soukoune is found most frequently in Benin. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Soukoune? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,649,889th most numerous last name on earth, held by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. Soukoune is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Soukoune reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 94 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most widespread in Benin, where it is carried by 17 people, or 1 in 607,977. In Benin it is primarily found in: Alibori Department, where 94 percent live and Borgou Department, where 6 percent live. Not including Benin this surname exists in one country. It is also common in Cameroon, where 6 percent live.
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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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