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 is held by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Sounton.
How Common Is The Last Name Sounton? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 709,895th most widely held family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 17,645,390 people. It is predominantly found 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. Sounton is also the 3,306,491st most frequent given name worldwide It is held by 12 people.
The last name Sounton is most frequently occurring in Benin, where it is borne by 411 people, or 1 in 25,147. In Benin it is most frequent in: Zou Department, where 65 percent live, Atlantique Department, where 17 percent live and Littoral Department, where 10 percent live. Not including Benin this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 0 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 0 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 Sounton
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