Souni Surname
Approximately 1,909 people bear this surname
Souni Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chad | 578 | 1:23,516 | 2,818 |
| Morocco | 511 | 1:67,468 | 11,380 |
| India | 400 | 1:1,917,663 | 66,666 |
| Algeria | 226 | 1:170,936 | 21,341 |
| Iran | 57 | 1:1,347,062 | 55,719 |
| France | 33 | 1:2,012,810 | 168,616 |
| Cameroon | 28 | 1:741,752 | 52,682 |
| Benin | 21 | 1:492,172 | 32,947 |
| Indonesia | 10 | 1:13,224,919 | 434,432 |
| Togo | 9 | 1:805,308 | 6,372 |
| Spain | 6 | 1:7,792,006 | 100,283 |
| Niger | 5 | 1:3,838,403 | 64,195 |
| Mauritania | 4 | 1:1,023,716 | 25,172 |
| Pakistan | 4 | 1:44,660,971 | 115,884 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
Souni (1,012) may also be a first name.
Souni Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Souni Come From? nationality or country of origin
Souni (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺴﻨﻲ, Hindi: सौनी, Marathi: सौनी, Oriya: େସାଉନି, Tibetan: སའུ་ནི་) is more frequently found in Chad than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Souni? popularity and diffusion
The last name Souni is the 215,260th most widely held surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 3,817,468 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 72 percent of Souni are found; 39 percent are found in North Africa and 39 percent are found in Mahgreb. It is also the 252,656th most frequently occurring given name worldwide, borne by 1,012 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Chad, where it is carried by 578 people, or 1 in 23,516. Aside from Chad it is found in 25 countries. It also occurs in Morocco, where 27 percent live and India, where 21 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Souni Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Souni in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺴﻨﻲ | alsny | - |
| Souni in the Tibetan language | ||
| སའུ་ནི་ | sa'uni | - |
| Souni in the Marathi language | ||
| सौनी | sauni | - |
| Souni in the Hindi language | ||
| सौनी | sauni | 96.33 |
| सौणी | sauni | 3.24 |
| सोुनी | souni | 0.22 |
| सोनी | soni | 0.22 |
| Souni in the Oriya language | ||
| େସାଉନି | esa'uni | 40 |
| ସଉନି | sa'uni | 40 |
| େସାଉନୀ | esa'uni | 20 |
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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
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- 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 Souni
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