Saghen Surname
Approximately 216 people bear this surname
Saghen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 208 | 1:99,851 | 11,805 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
Saghen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Saghen Come From? nationality or country of origin
Saghen is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Saghen? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,121,821st most widely held family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 33,738,638 people. The last name Saghen occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Saghen live; 96 percent live in Central Africa and 96 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
It is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is carried by 208 people, or 1 in 99,851. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: Northwest Region, where 66 percent are found, Centre Region, where 15 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 10 percent are found. Other than Cameroon this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 3 percent are found and England, 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 Saghen
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