Sounai Surname
Approximately 33 people bear this surname
Sounai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 17 | 1:1,221,710 | 73,195 |
| Papua New Guinea | 12 | 1:679,476 | 78,554 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
The alternate forms: Sounaï (1) are calculated separately.
Sounai (212) may also be a first name.
Sounai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sounai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sounai is found in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Sounaï. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sounai? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,432,070th most common surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 220,834,725 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 64 percent of Sounai reside; 58 percent reside in West Africa and 45 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. Sounai is also the 620,917th most prevalent given name on earth. It is borne by 212 people.
Sounai is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is held by 17 people, or 1 in 1,221,710. In Cameroon Sounai is mostly concentrated in: North Region, where 82 percent live, Far North Region, where 12 percent live and Adamawa Region, where 6 percent live. Barring Cameroon this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 36 percent live and Niger, where 6 percent live.
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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 Sounai
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