Sahmon Surname
Approximately 3 people bear this surname
Sahmon Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sahmon (50) may also be a first name.
Sahmon Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sahmon Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sahmon is most common in Benin. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sahmon? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sahmon is the 10,311,814th most widely held last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 67 percent of Sahmon live; 67 percent live in West Africa and 67 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,412,538th most common forename globally. It is borne by 50 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Benin, where it is borne by 1 people, or 1 in 10,335,602. In Benin it is mostly found in: Borgou Department, where 100 percent live. Aside from Benin this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 33 percent live and The United States, where 33 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 Sahmon
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