Sounton Surname
Approximately 413 people bear this surname
Sounton Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 411 | 1:25,147 | 3,362 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Sounton (12) may also be a first name.
Sounton Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sounton Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sounton occurs more in Benin more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sounton? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 709,895th most numerous last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 17,645,390 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sounton are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most prevalent first name at a global level It is held by 12 people.
This surname is most widely held in Benin, where it is carried by 411 people, or 1 in 25,147. In Benin Sounton is primarily concentrated in: Zou Department, where 65 percent are found, Atlantique Department, where 17 percent are found and Littoral Department, where 10 percent are found. Other than Benin this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 0 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Sounton
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