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
The surname Souni (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺴﻨﻲ, Hindi: सौनी, Marathi: सौनी, Oriya: େସାଉନି, Tibetan: སའུ་ནི་) is found most frequently in Chad. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Souni? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 215,260th most frequently occurring surname globally, held by around 1 in 3,817,468 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 72 percent of Souni live; 39 percent live in North Africa and 39 percent live in Mahgreb. Souni is also the 252,656th most widespread first name throughout the world, held by 1,012 people.
The surname Souni is most frequent in Chad, where it is carried by 578 people, or 1 in 23,516. Apart from Chad this last name 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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