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 found in Benin more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sounin? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sounin is the 2,352,516th most commonly used family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 110,417,362 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sounin are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,239,265th most widespread first name in the world. It is borne by 23 people.
The surname Sounin is most commonly held in Benin, where it is held by 61 people, or 1 in 169,436. In Benin it is most numerous in: Borgou Department, where 89 percent live, Collines Department, where 8 percent live and Alibori Department, where 3 percent live. Not including Benin this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs 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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