Sounkou Surname
Approximately 87 people bear this surname
Sounkou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 59 | 1:352,018 | 31,532 |
| Niger | 18 | 1:1,066,223 | 23,213 |
| Benin | 8 | 1:1,291,950 | 54,095 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Sounkou (111) may also be a first name.
Sounkou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sounkou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sounkou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺻﻨﻜﻮ) is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sounkou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sounkou is the 2,007,164th most common last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 83,764,896 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sounkou are found; 56 percent are found in Central Africa and 51 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Sounkou is also the 890,531st most widely held given name internationally, held by 111 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is held by 59 people, or 1 in 352,018. In Cameroon Sounkou is most common in: East Region, where 75 percent are found, North Region, where 15 percent are found and Adamawa Region, where 8 percent are found. Excluding Cameroon it exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 21 percent are found and Benin, where 9 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sounkou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sounkou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺻﻨﻜﻮ | snkw | - |
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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 Sounkou
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