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 is found most frequently in Mali. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sountoura? popularity and diffusion
Sountoura is the 35,630th most numerous surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 491,638 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Sountoura are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 73 percent are found in Mande Africa. Sountoura is also the 1,911,214th most frequently used first name on earth. It is borne by 30 people.
The surname Sountoura is most frequently held in Mali, where it is borne by 10,455 people, or 1 in 1,623. Aside from Mali this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Burkina Faso, where 27 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Sountoura
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis