Sounga Surname
Approximately 729 people bear this surname
Sounga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Congo | 525 | 1:9,503 | 1,328 |
| Niger | 123 | 1:156,033 | 5,647 |
| Cameroon | 38 | 1:546,554 | 42,843 |
| Gabon | 9 | 1:209,910 | 2,378 |
| France | 6 | 1:11,070,454 | 349,096 |
| Ivory Coast | 5 | 1:4,614,246 | 51,139 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
Sounga (40) may also be a first name.
Sounga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sounga Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sounga is borne by more people in The Congo than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sounga? popularity and diffusion
Sounga is the 462,693rd most common family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 9,996,634 people. Sounga is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Sounga reside; 78 percent reside in Central Africa and 78 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,614,485th most frequent first name internationally, borne by 40 people.
The surname Sounga is most frequently held in The Congo, where it is held by 525 people, or 1 in 9,503. In The Congo Sounga is most prevalent in: Brazzaville Department, where 68 percent live, Pointe-Noire Department, where 27 percent live and Cuvette-Ouest Department, where 3 percent live. Outside of The Congo this surname occurs in 18 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 17 percent live and Cameroon, where 5 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 Sounga
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