Sangarou Surname
Approximately 111 people bear this surname
Sangarou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 75 | 1:137,808 | 14,664 |
| Mauritania | 29 | 1:141,202 | 7,956 |
| Ivory Coast | 6 | 1:3,845,205 | 48,272 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Sangarou (19) may also be a first name.
Sangarou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sangarou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sangarou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻨﻜﺎﺭﻭ) is found in Benin more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sangarou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,736,881st most frequent surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 65,653,567 people. The surname Sangarou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Sangarou live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 72 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Sangarou is also the 2,523,061st most commonly held first name in the world, held by 19 people.
The surname Sangarou is most widespread in Benin, where it is carried by 75 people, or 1 in 137,808. In Benin Sangarou is most numerous in: Borgou Department, where 63 percent live, Collines Department, where 36 percent live and Donga Department, where 1 percent live. Outside of Benin this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Mauritania, where 26 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sangarou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sangarou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﻨﻜﺎﺭﻭ | snkarw | 54.55 |
| ﺻﻨﻜﺎﺭﻭ | snkarw | 36.36 |
| ﺻﻨﻐﺎﺭﻭ | sngharw | 9.09 |
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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 Sangarou
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