Sanbou Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Sanbou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 6 | 1:3,198,670 | 54,540 |
| Mauritania | 3 | 1:1,364,954 | 27,355 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sanbou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sanbou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sanbou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺻﻨﺒﻮ) has its highest incidence in Niger. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Sanbou.
How Common Is The Last Name Sanbou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sanbou is the 5,213,395th most commonly used last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of Sanbou are found; 93 percent are found in West Africa and 43 percent are found in Chadic Africa.
It is most prevalent in Niger, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 3,198,670. In Niger Sanbou is mostly concentrated in: Tillabéri Region, where 50 percent live, Maradi Region, where 17 percent live and Tahoua Region, where 17 percent live. Without taking into account Niger this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Mauritania, where 21 percent live and Benin, where 14 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sanbou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sanbou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺻﻨﺒﻮ | snbw | - |
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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 Sanbou
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