Sounin Surname
Approximately 66 people bear this surname
Sounin Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 61 | 1:169,436 | 16,929 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Sounin (23) may also be a first name.
Sounin Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sounin Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sounin is most common in Benin. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sounin? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sounin is the 2,352,516th most frequently held family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 110,417,362 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sounin live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Sounin is also the 2,239,265th most widespread first name at a global level. It is borne by 23 people.
The last name Sounin is most widely held in Benin, where it is carried by 61 people, or 1 in 169,436. In Benin Sounin is mostly found in: Borgou Department, where 89 percent live, Collines Department, where 8 percent live and Alibori Department, where 3 percent live. Other than Benin Sounin exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Togo, where 6 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 2 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 Sounin
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