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 frequently found in Benin than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sandjou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,343,156th most frequently held surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 43,900,879 people. It occurs predominantly 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 occurring forename globally. It is borne by 414 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Benin, where it is held by 104 people, or 1 in 99,381. In Benin it is mostly concentrated in: Atlantique Department, where 65 percent reside, Zou Department, where 27 percent reside and Littoral Department, where 6 percent reside. Beside Benin Sandjou occurs in one country. It is also common in Cameroon, where 37 percent reside.
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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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