Soumou Surname
Approximately 922 people bear this surname
Soumou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Congo | 503 | 1:9,919 | 1,364 |
| Cameroon | 321 | 1:64,701 | 8,219 |
| Burkina Faso | 46 | 1:398,959 | 6,181 |
| Niger | 30 | 1:639,734 | 15,675 |
| Ivory Coast | 8 | 1:2,883,904 | 43,419 |
| Benin | 5 | 1:2,067,120 | 68,069 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
Soumou (2,062) may also be a first name.
Soumou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Soumou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Soumou is found in The Congo more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Soumou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 385,337th most commonly used last name on earth, held by around 1 in 7,904,063 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Soumou live; 76 percent live in Central Africa and 57 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 166,031st most frequently used given name internationally. It is borne by 2,062 people.
The surname Soumou is most frequently used in The Congo, where it is borne by 503 people, or 1 in 9,919. In The Congo it is primarily concentrated in: Brazzaville Department, where 58 percent are found, Pointe-Noire Department, where 40 percent are found and Cuvette-Ouest Department, where 1 percent are found. Barring The Congo this surname exists in 11 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 35 percent are found and Burkina Faso, where 5 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 Soumou
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