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
Samanou occurs most in Niger. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Samanou? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,908,606th most frequently used last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Samanou are found; 75 percent are found in West Africa and 56 percent are found in Chadic Africa. Samanou is also the 1,637,361st most widely held first name globally. It is borne by 39 people.
The last name is most numerous in Niger, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 2,741,717. In Niger it is most prevalent in: Zinder Region, where 43 percent reside, Maradi Region, where 29 percent reside and Dosso Region, where 14 percent reside. Barring Niger Samanou is found in 4 countries. It also occurs 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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