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 is held by more people in Burkina Faso than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Soumarou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 820,032nd most common surname globally, borne by around 1 in 21,497,186 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Soumarou live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 81 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,191,548th most commonly used forename globally. It is borne by 67 people.
The surname Soumarou is most frequently occurring in Burkina Faso, where it is carried by 230 people, or 1 in 79,792. In Burkina Faso Soumarou is primarily found in: Nord Region, where 55 percent are found, Hauts-Bassins Region, where 15 percent are found and Boucle du Mouhoun Region, where 10 percent are found. Not including Burkina Faso it occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 27 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 2 percent are found.
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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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