Sounkalo Surname
Approximately 172 people bear this surname
Sounkalo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 108 | 1:213,623 | 8,940 |
| Mauritania | 49 | 1:83,569 | 5,424 |
| Burkina Faso | 8 | 1:2,294,012 | 16,398 |
| Niger | 7 | 1:2,741,717 | 49,802 |
Sounkalo (6,117) may also be a first name.
Sounkalo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sounkalo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sounkalo (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻮﻧﻜﺎﻟﻮ) occurs more in The Ivory Coast more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sounkalo? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sounkalo is the 1,310,135th most numerous last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 42,369,453 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 77 percent of Sounkalo live; 77 percent live in West Africa and 43 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Sounkalo is also the 84,637th most widespread first name in the world, held by 6,117 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in The Ivory Coast, where it is borne by 108 people, or 1 in 213,623. In The Ivory Coast Sounkalo is mostly concentrated in: Abidjan Autonomous District, where 35 percent are found, Montagnes District, where 21 percent are found and Vallée du Bandama District, where 15 percent are found. Beside The Ivory Coast this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Mauritania, where 28 percent are found and Burkina Faso, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sounkalou | 94 | 4 | / |
| Sonkalo | 93 | 5 | / |
| Sunkalod | 88 | 36 | / |
| Suonkalo | 88 | 1 | / |
| Souncalo | 88 | 1 | / |
| Sunkaloo | 88 | 1 | / |
| Sosinkalo | 82 | 2 | / |
| Saunkalod | 82 | 1 | / |
| Soonkalop | 82 | 1 | / |
| Sounkaila | 82 | 1 | / |
| Sunkala | 80 | 104 | / |
| Sonkolo | 80 | 13 | / |
| Sonkala | 80 | 7 | / |
| Sankalo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Soongkalop | 78 | 1 | / |
| Sonkaleu | 75 | 54 | / |
| Sonkhala | 75 | 30 | / |
| Sonkalas | 75 | 10 | / |
| Shunkala | 75 | 5 | / |
| Sionkala | 75 | 5 | / |
| Sungkala | 75 | 3 | / |
| Somkaylo | 75 | 3 | / |
| Suunkala | 75 | 3 | / |
| Sankaylo | 75 | 1 | / |
| Sankalou | 75 | 1 | / |
| Sonkahla | 75 | 1 | / |
| Shonkolo | 75 | 1 | / |
| Sonkalah | 75 | 1 | / |
| Sunkalad | 75 | 1 | / |
| Sonkkala | 75 | 1 | / |
| Sankallo | 75 | 1 | / |
| Sgoncalo | 75 | 1 | / |
| Sonkolyos | 71 | 120 | / |
| Schonkala | 71 | 9 | / |
| Shumkailo | 71 | 6 | / |
| Sonkalash | 71 | 5 | / |
| Saengkalo | 71 | 2 | / |
| Saunkhala | 71 | 2 | / |
| Shankalod | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chunkalop | 71 | 1 | / |
| Shumkaylo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sungkalat | 71 | 1 | / |
| Siomkajlo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sankala | 67 | 2,023 | / |
| Sankolo | 67 | 80 | / |
| Sonqolo | 67 | 62 | / |
| Sonkola | 67 | 7 | / |
| Sunkola | 67 | 4 | / |
| Schonkalla | 67 | 2 | / |
| Suncolo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Somkolo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Soncala | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shayankalo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Soncolo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shaankaloo | 67 | 1 | / |
Sounkalo Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sounkalo in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﻮﻧﻜﺎﻟﻮ | swnkalw | 53.85 |
| ﺻﻮﻧﻜﺎﻟﻮ | swnkalw | 23.08 |
| ﺳﻨﻜﺎﻟﻮ | snkalw | 23.08 |
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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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- 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 Sounkalo
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