Sangou Surname
Approximately 1,144 people bear this surname
Sangou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Congo | 493 | 1:10,120 | 1,387 |
| Cameroon | 424 | 1:48,984 | 6,407 |
| Niger | 81 | 1:236,938 | 7,651 |
| Iran | 65 | 1:1,181,270 | 51,307 |
| Benin | 31 | 1:333,407 | 26,304 |
| Burkina Faso | 16 | 1:1,147,006 | 10,865 |
| Chad | 9 | 1:1,510,244 | 5,402 |
| France | 5 | 1:13,284,544 | 357,392 |
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Sangou (1,742) may also be a first name.
Sangou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sangou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sangou occurs more in The Congo more than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sangou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 325,257th most frequently used surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 6,370,232 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 93 percent of Sangou reside; 74 percent reside in Central Africa and 71 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 183,678th most common forename at a global level. It is borne by 1,742 people.
The surname Sangou is most frequently used in The Congo, where it is borne by 493 people, or 1 in 10,120. In The Congo it is most common in: Pointe-Noire Department, where 52 percent are found, Brazzaville Department, where 42 percent are found and Cuvette-Ouest Department, where 2 percent are found. Not including The Congo it occurs in 22 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 37 percent are found and Niger, where 7 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
- 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 Sangou
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