Sakinatou Surname
Approximately 1,643 people bear this surname
Sakinatou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 1,606 | 1:12,932 | 1,757 |
| Burkina Faso | 19 | 1:965,900 | 9,829 |
| Niger | 17 | 1:1,128,942 | 24,295 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Sakinatou (8,992) may also be a first name.
Sakinatou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sakinatou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sakinatou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻜﻴﻨﻪ) occurs in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of Sakinatou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sakinatou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 242,837th most commonly held family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 4,435,512 people. The surname Sakinatou is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sakinatou are found; 51 percent are found in West Africa and 36 percent are found in Adamawa-Ubangian Africa. It is also the 65,744th most prevalent first name worldwide. It is borne by 8,992 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is held by 1,606 people, or 1 in 12,932. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Adamawa Region, where 37 percent reside, North Region, where 27 percent reside and Far North Region, where 23 percent reside. Barring Cameroon it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Burkina Faso, where 1 percent reside and Niger, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sakienatou | 95 | 1 | / |
| Sakinatu | 94 | 433 | / |
| Shakinatu | 89 | 5 | / |
| Sokainatou | 84 | 1 | / |
| Saquinatou | 84 | 1 | / |
| Sakinata | 82 | 8 | / |
| Zakinatu | 82 | 5 | / |
| Soukainatou | 80 | 47 | / |
| Soukeinatou | 80 | 1 | / |
| Soukaynatou | 70 | 1 | / |
| Chakenato | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chakenatho | 63 | 5 | / |
| Sakhineytie | 60 | 1 | / |
Sakinatou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sakinatou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﻜﻴﻨﻪ | skynh | 50 |
| ﺳﻜﻴﻨﺔ | skynt | 50 |
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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
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- 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 Sakinatou
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