Sounah Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Sounah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
Sounah (32) may also be a first name.
Sounah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sounah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sounah is carried by more people in Algeria than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sounah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 8,193,072nd most frequent surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sounah reside; 60 percent reside in West Africa and 40 percent reside in Mahgreb. Sounah is also the 1,840,253rd most widespread first name in the world, held by 32 people.
Sounah is most frequently held in Algeria, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 19,315,776. Barring Algeria this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Liberia, where 20 percent reside and Niger, where 20 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
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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 Sounah
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