Sounde Surname
Approximately 458 people bear this surname
Sounde Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 203 | 1:50,914 | 6,413 |
| Ivory Coast | 115 | 1:200,619 | 8,596 |
| Nigeria | 100 | 1:1,771,428 | 64,453 |
| Burkina Faso | 16 | 1:1,147,006 | 10,865 |
| Cameroon | 12 | 1:1,730,756 | 92,157 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
The alternate forms: Soundé (1) are calculated separately.
Sounde (221) may also be a first name.
Sounde Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sounde Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sounde (Russian: Соунде) is more frequently found in Benin than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Soundé. For other potential spellings of Sounde click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sounde? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 657,184th most frequently occurring family name in the world, held by around 1 in 15,911,672 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 91 percent of Sounde reside; 89 percent reside in West Africa and 74 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Sounde is also the 606,684th most frequently held first name internationally, borne by 221 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Benin, where it is carried by 203 people, or 1 in 50,914. In Benin Sounde is most common in: Atlantique Department, where 33 percent live, Littoral Department, where 29 percent live and Ouémé Department, where 26 percent live. Aside from Benin this last name occurs in 11 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 25 percent live and Nigeria, where 22 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sounde Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sounde in the Russian language | ||
| Соунде | sounde | - |
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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 Sounde
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