Sounke Surname
Approximately 51 people bear this surname
Sounke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 43 | 1:483,002 | 39,429 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
Sounke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sounke Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sounke (Marathi: सोळूके) occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sounke? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,718,172nd most numerous family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 142,893,057 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 90 percent of Sounke are found; 84 percent are found in Central Africa and 84 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
Sounke is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is held by 43 people, or 1 in 483,002. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: Centre Region, where 74 percent reside, Littoral Region, where 23 percent reside and East Region, where 2 percent reside. Other than Cameroon this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in India, where 10 percent reside and Nigeria, where 6 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sounke Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sounke in the Marathi language | ||
| सोळूके | soluke | 33.33 |
| सोळुंके | solunke | 33.33 |
| सोक़ुंके | soqunke | 33.33 |
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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 Sounke
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