Sounak Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Sounak Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Sounak (2,063) may also be a first name.
Sounak Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sounak Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sounak (Bengali: সৌনক, Marathi: सौनक, Oriya: େସୗନକ) is most common in India. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sounak? popularity and diffusion
It is the 8,968,613th most frequently occurring surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 50 percent of Sounak are found; 50 percent are found in South Asia and 50 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Sounak is also the 165,991st most commonly occurring first name internationally, held by 2,063 people.
It is most commonly held in India, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 383,532,691. In India Sounak is mostly found in: Bihar, where 50 percent live and Jharkhand, where 50 percent live. Barring India this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 25 percent live and Canada, where 25 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sounak Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sounak in the Bengali language | ||
| সৌনক | saunaka | - |
| Sounak in the Oriya language | ||
| େସୗନକ | esanaka | - |
| Sounak in the Marathi language | ||
| सौनक | saunaka | 50 |
| शौनक | saunaka | 50 |
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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 Sounak
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