Sounoussi Surname
Approximately 663 people bear this surname
Sounoussi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chad | 385 | 1:35,304 | 4,109 |
| Niger | 173 | 1:110,937 | 4,431 |
| Cameroon | 97 | 1:214,114 | 21,748 |
| Belgium | 5 | 1:2,299,329 | 106,824 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sounoussi (918) may also be a first name.
Sounoussi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sounoussi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sounoussi is most common in Chad. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Sounoussi.
How Common Is The Last Name Sounoussi? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 497,277th most frequently held surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 10,991,774 people. The surname Sounoussi occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Sounoussi are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 92 percent are found in Chadic Africa. Sounoussi is also the 267,468th most prevalent given name throughout the world. It is borne by 918 people.
The last name Sounoussi is most widespread in Chad, where it is carried by 385 people, or 1 in 35,304. Outside of Chad this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 26 percent live and Cameroon, where 15 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 Sounoussi
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