Sanfone Surname

2,220,661st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 73 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Burkina Faso
Highest density in:
Burkina Faso

Sanfone Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sanfone Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Burkina Faso641:286,7525,245
Ivory Coast81:2,883,90443,419
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Sanfone Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sanfone occurs more in Burkina Faso more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Sanfone.

How Common Is The Last Name Sanfone? popularity and diffusion

Sanfone is the 2,220,661st most commonly occurring last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 99,829,396 people. Sanfone is predominantly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Sanfone are found; 88 percent are found in West Africa and 86 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This surname is most frequent in Burkina Faso, where it is held by 64 people, or 1 in 286,752. In Burkina Faso Sanfone is primarily found in: Nord Region, where 59 percent live, Centre-Ouest Region, where 28 percent live and Centre Region, where 8 percent live. Apart from Burkina Faso Sanfone occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 11 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Scanfone938/
Sanfon926/
Sanfong8696/
Sanfona8673/
Sanfond863/
Sanfont861/
Sanpfon861/
Saanfon861/
Samfone861/
Scanfoni802/
Sasinfon801/
Sanfan77145/
Samfon7719/
Sanfom775/
Zanfon771/
Sanphon712,117/
Sounfon7128/
Chanfon7122/
Samfong7114/
Sanfani7112/
Confone715/
Zanfoni714/
Sanfana712/
Shanfan711/
Sanfang711/
Janfane711/
Sampfon711/
Samfane711/
Samfont710/
Sanphong67198/
Chanfong67179/
Chanfane6719/
Sanfasin678/
Shanfani673/
Shanfang672/
Sounfoun671/
Sonphone671/
Gianfoni671/
Sounmfon671/
Zanfonni671/

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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 Sanfone
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