Sanafo Surname
Approximately 685 people bear this surname
Sanafo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mali | 581 | 1:29,207 | 949 |
| Burkina Faso | 103 | 1:178,176 | 4,143 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Sanafo (31) may also be a first name.
Sanafo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sanafo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sanafo occurs in Mali more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sanafo? popularity and diffusion
Sanafo is the 485,250th most widely held family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 10,638,753 people. The last name Sanafo occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sanafo are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 85 percent are found in Mande Africa. It is also the 1,874,099th most numerous given name throughout the world, borne by 31 people.
The surname Sanafo is most widely held in Mali, where it is carried by 581 people, or 1 in 29,207. Outside of Mali this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Burkina Faso, where 15 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Janafo | 83 | 24 | / |
| Sanafa | 83 | 18 | / |
| Sonhafo | 77 | 132 | / |
| Sanafah | 77 | 17 | / |
| Sanafat | 77 | 8 | / |
| Seinafo | 77 | 7 | / |
| Canafoi | 77 | 4 | / |
| Sangafa | 77 | 4 | / |
| Shanafa | 77 | 3 | / |
| Sognafo | 77 | 2 | / |
| Sanaifa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sonahfo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sainafat | 71 | 82 | / |
| Sonhafou | 71 | 19 | / |
| Chanafoo | 71 | 7 | / |
| Sonhaffo | 71 | 2 | / |
| Sangnafa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sangofoi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sonnafoh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sanaifat | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sanofa | 67 | 250 | / |
| Sonafa | 67 | 11 | / |
| Sanefa | 67 | 7 | / |
| Senefo | 67 | 6 | / |
| Canafa | 67 | 3 | / |
| Sainafaat | 67 | 3 | / |
| Janafa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Senafa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sonhafoud | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sonefo | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Sanafo
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