Souna Surname
Approximately 5,258 people bear this surname
Souna Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 1,474 | 1:13,020 | 918 |
| Algeria | 1,011 | 1:38,211 | 6,912 |
| Morocco | 954 | 1:36,138 | 5,814 |
| Mali | 323 | 1:52,536 | 1,331 |
| Cameroon | 310 | 1:66,997 | 8,459 |
| Gabon | 303 | 1:6,235 | 1,152 |
| Senegal | 196 | 1:74,384 | 938 |
| Benin | 196 | 1:52,733 | 6,625 |
| France | 157 | 1:423,075 | 61,574 |
| Ivory Coast | 110 | 1:209,738 | 8,837 |
| Indonesia | 42 | 1:3,148,790 | 173,812 |
| Greece | 33 | 1:335,751 | 47,626 |
| Spain | 27 | 1:1,731,557 | 49,506 |
| Mauritania | 17 | 1:240,874 | 11,443 |
| United States | 14 | 1:25,889,924 | 709,614 |
| United Arab Emirates | 14 | 1:654,448 | 24,061 |
| Burkina Faso | 10 | 1:1,835,210 | 14,348 |
| Lebanon | 9 | 1:626,343 | 14,059 |
| Tunisia | 8 | 1:76,328 | 12,820 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 1:5,629,059 | 132,535 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
The alternate forms: Šouna (1) are calculated separately.
Souna (5,472) may also be a first name.
Souna Demographics
Average Souna Salary in
United States
$31,854 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Souna Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Souna Come From? nationality or country of origin
Souna (Arabic: صونه, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻮﻧﺎ, Hindi: सौना) occurs most in Niger. It may be found as: Šouna. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Souna? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 91,063rd most frequently occurring surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 1,385,992 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Souna are found; 44 percent are found in West Africa and 38 percent are found in Mahgreb. It is also the 90,819th most numerous forename in the world, borne by 5,472 people.
It is most commonly used in Niger, where it is borne by 1,474 people, or 1 in 13,020. In Niger it is most frequent in: Tillabéri Region, where 37 percent are found, Niamey Capital District, where 34 percent are found and Dosso Region, where 19 percent are found. Aside from Niger Souna is found in 39 countries. It is also common in Algeria, where 19 percent are found and Morocco, where 18 percent are found.
Souna Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Souna last name is principally Maronite (93%) in Lebanon.
The amount Souna earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 26.18% less than the national average, earning $31,854 USD per year and in Canada they earn 30.91% less than the national average, earning $34,328 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Souna Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Souna in the Hindi language | ||
| सौना | sauna | 95.45 |
| सौणा | sauna | 3.25 |
| सोना | sona | 1.3 |
| Souna in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﻮﻧﺎ | swna | 47.06 |
| ﺻﻮﻧﻪ | swnh | 17.65 |
| ﺻﻮﻥ | swn | 17.65 |
| ﺳﻨﻪ | snh | 11.76 |
| ﺳﻮﻧﻪ | swnh | 5.88 |
| Souna in the Arabic language | ||
| صونه | swnh | - |
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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 Souna
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