Sounbai Surname
Approximately 113 people bear this surname
Sounbai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 112 | 1:185,438 | 19,429 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Sounbai (22) may also be a first name.
Sounbai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sounbai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sounbai is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sounbai? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,718,748th most frequently held surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 64,491,557 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sounbai live; 91 percent live in West Africa and 80 percent live in Chadic Africa. Sounbai is also the 2,301,746th most numerous given name throughout the world, borne by 22 people.
The surname Sounbai is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is borne by 112 people, or 1 in 185,438. In Cameroon Sounbai is most common in: Far North Region, where 81 percent reside, North Region, where 10 percent reside and Adamawa Region, where 9 percent reside. Beside Cameroon this surname exists in one country. It is also common in Nigeria, where 1 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
- 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 Sounbai
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