Sounhouin Surname
Approximately 159 people bear this surname
Sounhouin Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 157 | 1:65,832 | 8,038 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
Sounhouin (12) may also be a first name.
Sounhouin Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sounhouin Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sounhouin has its highest incidence in Benin. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Sounhouin click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sounhouin? popularity and diffusion
Sounhouin is the 1,380,086th most commonly occurring last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 45,833,622 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sounhouin reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Sounhouin is also the 3,306,491st most commonly used forename worldwide, borne by 12 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Benin, where it is held by 157 people, or 1 in 65,832. In Benin it is most frequent in: Ouémé Department, where 73 percent reside, Littoral Department, where 12 percent reside and Plateau Department, where 7 percent reside. Other than Benin this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Ethiopia, where 1 percent reside and Guinea, where 1 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 Sounhouin
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