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
Souna Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Souna Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Souna Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Souna (Arabic: صونه, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻮﻧﺎ, Hindi: सौना) is found most frequently in Niger. It may be found in the variant forms: Šouna. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Souna? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 91,063rd most numerous last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 1,385,992 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of Souna are found; 44 percent are found in West Africa and 38 percent are found in Mahgreb. Souna is also the 90,819th most commonly occurring first name in the world, borne by 5,472 people.
The surname Souna is most commonly used in Niger, where it is carried 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. Without taking into account Niger Souna occurs in 39 countries. It also occurs 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 surname is primarily 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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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Souna
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