Sounna Surname
Approximately 3,738 people bear this surname
Sounna Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 3,560 | 1:5,391 | 484 |
| Cameroon | 108 | 1:192,306 | 19,984 |
| Benin | 45 | 1:229,680 | 20,839 |
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
| Ivory Coast | 4 | 1:5,767,808 | 55,416 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Sounna (239) may also be a first name.
Sounna Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sounna Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sounna (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻦ) is held by more people in Niger than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sounna? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sounna is the 122,348th most frequently held surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,949,584 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sounna are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 95 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 578,640th most commonly held given name world-wide It is held by 239 people.
It is most commonly held in Niger, where it is carried by 3,560 people, or 1 in 5,391. In Niger it is most numerous in: Tillabéri Region, where 43 percent reside, Dosso Region, where 41 percent reside and Niamey Capital District, where 12 percent reside. Besides Niger Sounna occurs in 14 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 3 percent reside and Benin, where 1 percent reside.
Sounna Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Sounna has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Sounna surname rose 800 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sounna Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sounna in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﻦ | sn | - |
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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 Sounna
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