Sandoum Surname

2,605,694th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 55 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Senegal
Highest density in:
Senegal

Sandoum Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sandoum Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Senegal391:373,8291,859
Cameroon151:1,384,60580,726
Chad11:13,592,19913,092

Sandoum Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Sandoum Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Sandoum occurs in Senegal more than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sandoum? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,605,694th most frequently used family name globally It is held by around 1 in 132,500,835 people. Sandoum is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sandoum live; 73 percent live in West Africa and 71 percent live in Senegambia Africa.

This last name is most frequent in Senegal, where it is carried by 39 people, or 1 in 373,829. In Senegal Sandoum is mostly found in: Ziguinchor Region, where 82 percent are found, Dakar Region, where 15 percent are found and Thiès Region, where 3 percent are found. Other than Senegal it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 27 percent are found and Chad, where 2 percent are found.

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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
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  • 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 Sandoum
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