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 surname Sounkou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺻﻨﻜﻮ) occurs most in Cameroon. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sounkou? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,007,164th most frequently used family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 83,764,896 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sounkou reside; 56 percent reside in Central Africa and 51 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 890,531st most numerous first name world-wide It is held by 111 people.
The last name Sounkou is most common in Cameroon, where it is carried by 59 people, or 1 in 352,018. In Cameroon Sounkou is most numerous in: East Region, where 75 percent reside, North Region, where 15 percent reside and Adamawa Region, where 8 percent reside. Aside from Cameroon it is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 21 percent reside and Benin, where 9 percent reside.
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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