Sanabou Surname
Approximately 23 people bear this surname
Sanabou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 22 | 1:186,130 | 9,575 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
Sanabou (35) may also be a first name.
Sanabou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sanabou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sanabou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺻﻨﺎﺑﻮ) is carried by more people in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Sanabou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sanabou? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,116,508th most frequently occurring last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 316,849,822 people. The last name Sanabou is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sanabou are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 96 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. Sanabou is also the 1,744,716th most common first name globally It is held by 35 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Mauritania, where it is carried by 22 people, or 1 in 186,130. In Mauritania it is most numerous in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 77 percent are found and Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 23 percent are found. Not including Mauritania it is found in one country. It also occurs in Burkina Faso, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sanabou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sanabou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺻﻨﺎﺑﻮ | snabw | - |
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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 Sanabou
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