Sountoura Surname
Approximately 14,823 people bear this surname
Sountoura Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mali | 10,455 | 1:1,623 | 162 |
| Burkina Faso | 4,019 | 1:4,566 | 527 |
| Ivory Coast | 345 | 1:66,873 | 3,811 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Sountoura (30) may also be a first name.
Sountoura Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sountoura Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sountoura has its highest incidence in Mali. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of Sountoura click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sountoura? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 35,630th most common family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 491,638 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Sountoura live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 73 percent live in Mande Africa. Sountoura is also the 1,911,214th most frequently used given name worldwide. It is borne by 30 people.
This surname is most numerous in Mali, where it is borne by 10,455 people, or 1 in 1,623. Beside Mali Sountoura is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Burkina Faso, where 27 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Sountoura
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