Sounday Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Sounday Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Sounday (39) may also be a first name.
Sounday Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sounday Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sounday occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sounday? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sounday is the 6,063,924th most frequently used surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. The last name Sounday occurs predominantly in Africa, where 80 percent of Sounday reside; 60 percent reside in West Africa and 60 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,637,361st most widely held forename at a global level, borne by 39 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 35,428,552. In Nigeria Sounday is mostly found in: Ogun, where 60 percent live, Kwara, where 20 percent live and Oyo, where 20 percent live. Excluding Nigeria Sounday is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 10 percent live and Cameroon, where 10 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 Sounday
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