Mallam Sani Surname
Approximately 347 people bear this surname
Mallam Sani Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 318 | 1:557,053 | 27,115 |
| Niger | 29 | 1:661,794 | 16,082 |
Mallam Sani Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mallam Sani Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mallam Sani is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mallam Sani? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 806,178th most widely held last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 21,001,573 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mallam Sani live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 92 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Mallam Sani is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 318 people, or 1 in 557,053. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Sokoto, where 31 percent are found, Zamfara, where 19 percent are found and Bauchi, where 13 percent are found. Other than Nigeria Mallam Sani exists in one country. It is also common in Niger, where 8 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 Mallam Sani
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