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 last name Sanbou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺻﻨﺒﻮ) is most common in Niger. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of Sanbou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sanbou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sanbou is the 5,213,395th most widely held last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of Sanbou live; 93 percent live in West Africa and 43 percent live in Chadic Africa.
The last name is most common in Niger, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 3,198,670. In Niger Sanbou is most numerous in: Tillabéri Region, where 50 percent live, Maradi Region, where 17 percent live and Tahoua Region, where 17 percent live. Barring Niger it exists in 5 countries. It is also found 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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