Sounfountera Surname

654,010th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 461 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mali
Highest density in:
Mali

Sounfountera Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Sounfountera Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mali4521:37,5421,092
Ivory Coast51:4,614,24651,139
France31:22,140,907385,998
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705

The alternate forms: Sounfountéra (1) are calculated separately.

Sounfountera Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Sounfountera Come From? nationality or country of origin

Sounfountera has its highest incidence in Mali. It can also be found in the variant forms: Sounfountéra. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sounfountera? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 654,010th most frequently used surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 15,808,126 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Sounfountera live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Mande Africa.

The last name is most prevalent in Mali, where it is carried by 452 people, or 1 in 37,542. Other than Mali it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 1 percent live and France, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sounfountéra971/
Sounfountere921/
Zinfunter671/
Sonvantrao641/
Son Ventura611/
Sunphantry554/
Suainaphanutra545/
Sonaventure521/
Sanphuntree521/
Sena Ventura503/

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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 Sounfountera
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