Sahanou Surname
Approximately 32 people bear this surname
Sahanou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 30 | 1:639,734 | 15,675 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
Sahanou (69) may also be a first name.
Sahanou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sahanou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sahanou is more frequently found in Niger than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sahanou? popularity and diffusion
Sahanou is the 3,485,539th most frequently used surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 227,735,810 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sahanou reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 94 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 1,171,416th most frequently used first name globally, held by 69 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Niger, where it is held by 30 people, or 1 in 639,734. In Niger Sahanou is most numerous in: Tahoua Region, where 47 percent live, Tillabéri Region, where 27 percent live and Zinder Region, where 23 percent live. Beside Niger Sahanou exists in one country. It is also found in Benin, where 6 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 Sahanou
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