Samanou Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Samanou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 7 | 1:2,741,717 | 49,802 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Congo | 2 | 1:2,494,548 | 28,763 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Samanou (39) may also be a first name.
Samanou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samanou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Samanou is more commonly found in Niger than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Samanou? popularity and diffusion
Samanou is the 4,908,606th most numerous family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Samanou reside; 75 percent reside in West Africa and 56 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Samanou is also the 1,637,361st most frequently occurring first name at a global level It is held by 39 people.
This surname is most frequent in Niger, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 2,741,717. In Niger Samanou is mostly concentrated in: Zinder Region, where 43 percent reside, Maradi Region, where 29 percent reside and Dosso Region, where 14 percent reside. Beside Niger this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 25 percent reside and Benin, where 13 percent reside.
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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 Samanou
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