Soundja Surname
Approximately 154 people bear this surname
Soundja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 92 | 1:112,344 | 12,545 |
| Cameroon | 31 | 1:669,970 | 49,334 |
| Burkina Faso | 27 | 1:679,707 | 8,167 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Soundja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Soundja Come From? nationality or country of origin
Soundja has its highest incidence in Benin. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Soundja click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Soundja? popularity and diffusion
The surname Soundja is the 1,409,418th most frequently occurring surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 47,321,727 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Soundja reside; 79 percent reside in West Africa and 69 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most frequently used in Benin, where it is carried by 92 people, or 1 in 112,344. In Benin Soundja is most prevalent in: Littoral Department, where 63 percent reside, Ouémé Department, where 30 percent reside and Zou Department, where 5 percent reside. Apart from Benin this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 20 percent reside and Burkina Faso, where 18 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 Soundja
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