Sounan Surname
Approximately 350 people bear this surname
Sounan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 215 | 1:107,308 | 5,478 |
| Benin | 125 | 1:82,685 | 9,761 |
| Philippines | 6 | 1:16,873,037 | 249,062 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Sounan (1,639) may also be a first name.
Sounan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sounan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sounan (Hindi: सौनन) occurs more in The Ivory Coast more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sounan? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 801,116th most common surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 20,821,560 people. The surname Sounan is primarily found in Africa, where 71 percent of Sounan are found; 71 percent are found in West Africa and 70 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Sounan is also the 190,443rd most commonly held first name world-wide It is held by 1,639 people.
The last name is most widely held in The Ivory Coast, where it is held by 215 people, or 1 in 107,308. In The Ivory Coast it is most frequent in: Abidjan Autonomous District, where 41 percent are found, Vallée du Bandama District, where 39 percent are found and Lagunes District, where 11 percent are found. Aside from The Ivory Coast Sounan exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 36 percent are found and The Philippines, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sounan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sounan in the Hindi language | ||
| सौनन | saunana | - |
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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 Sounan
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