Sounman Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Sounman Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Sounman Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sounman Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sounman is found in Benin more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Sounman.
How Common Is The Last Name Sounman? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sounman is the 8,193,072nd most commonly held family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 60 percent of Sounman live; 60 percent live in West Africa and 60 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Sounman is most frequently occurring in Benin, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 3,445,201. In Benin Sounman is most numerous in: Ouémé Department, where 67 percent live and Zou Department, where 33 percent live. Outside of Benin this surname is found in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 40 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 Sounman
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