Sanamou Surname
Approximately 313 people bear this surname
Sanamou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 307 | 1:59,779 | 2,458 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
Sanamou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sanamou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sanamou occurs in Burkina Faso more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sanamou? popularity and diffusion
Sanamou is the 866,642nd most widely held last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 23,282,894 people. The surname Sanamou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sanamou live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Burkina Faso, where it is held by 307 people, or 1 in 59,779. In Burkina Faso it is most frequent in: Hauts-Bassins Region, where 87 percent live, Centre-Ouest Region, where 6 percent live and Centre Region, where 4 percent live. Aside from Burkina Faso it occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 1 percent live and Benin, where 0 percent live.
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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 Sanamou
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