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 occurs more in The Congo more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Soumou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 385,337th most common surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 7,904,063 people. The surname Soumou is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Soumou are found; 76 percent are found in Central Africa and 57 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Soumou is also the 166,031st most numerous first name globally, held by 2,062 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in The Congo, where it is borne by 503 people, or 1 in 9,919. In The Congo it is mostly concentrated in: Brazzaville Department, where 58 percent reside, Pointe-Noire Department, where 40 percent reside and Cuvette-Ouest Department, where 1 percent reside. Aside from The Congo it is found in 11 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 35 percent reside and Burkina Faso, where 5 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 Soumou
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