Soumarou Surname
Approximately 339 people bear this surname
Soumarou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 230 | 1:79,792 | 2,834 |
| Benin | 92 | 1:112,344 | 12,545 |
| Ivory Coast | 7 | 1:3,295,890 | 46,139 |
| Senegal | 4 | 1:3,644,836 | 6,064 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Soumarou (67) may also be a first name.
Soumarou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Soumarou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Soumarou occurs more in Burkina Faso more than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of Soumarou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Soumarou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 820,032nd most prevalent surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 21,497,186 people. Soumarou is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Soumarou are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 81 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Soumarou is also the 1,191,548th most commonly used forename in the world It is held by 67 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Burkina Faso, where it is borne by 230 people, or 1 in 79,792. In Burkina Faso Soumarou is mostly concentrated in: Nord Region, where 55 percent reside, Hauts-Bassins Region, where 15 percent reside and Boucle du Mouhoun Region, where 10 percent reside. Outside of Burkina Faso this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 27 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, where 2 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 Soumarou
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