Sounman Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Benin

Sounman Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sounman Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Benin31:3,445,20177,822
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

Sounman Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Sounman Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Sounman has its highest incidence in Benin. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Sounman.

How Common Is The Last Name Sounman? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 8,193,072nd most widespread surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The last name Sounman occurs predominantly in Africa, where 60 percent of Sounman reside; 60 percent reside in West Africa and 60 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

Sounman is most prevalent in Benin, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 3,445,201. In Benin it is mostly found in: Ouémé Department, where 67 percent live and Zou Department, where 33 percent live. Apart from Benin it occurs 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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