Sounny Surname
Approximately 515 people bear this surname
Sounny Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 409 | 1:84,294 | 14,399 |
| Mauritania | 98 | 1:41,784 | 3,193 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
Sounny (10) may also be a first name.
Sounny Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sounny Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sounny (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺴﻨﻲ) is borne by more people in Morocco than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sounny? popularity and diffusion
It is the 602,749th most widely held last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 14,150,575 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Sounny live; 79 percent live in North Africa and 79 percent live in Mahgreb. It is also the 3,684,242nd most widely held first name internationally, borne by 10 people.
It is most commonly held in Morocco, where it is borne by 409 people, or 1 in 84,294. Besides Morocco this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Mauritania, where 19 percent live and Scotland, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sounny Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sounny in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺴﻨﻲ | alsny | - |
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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 Sounny
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