Sandjou Surname
Approximately 166 people bear this surname
Sandjou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 104 | 1:99,381 | 11,308 |
| Cameroon | 62 | 1:334,985 | 30,391 |
Sandjou (414) may also be a first name.
Sandjou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sandjou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sandjou is more commonly found in Benin than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Sandjou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sandjou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,343,156th most commonly held last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 43,900,879 people. Sandjou is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sandjou reside; 63 percent reside in West Africa and 63 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Sandjou is also the 422,632nd most frequently held first name in the world, borne by 414 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Benin, where it is carried by 104 people, or 1 in 99,381. In Benin it is primarily found in: Atlantique Department, where 65 percent live, Zou Department, where 27 percent live and Littoral Department, where 6 percent live. Apart from Benin this surname is found in one country. It is also found in Cameroon, where 37 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 Sandjou
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