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 is more commonly found in The Congo than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sangou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sangou is the 325,257th most common last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 6,370,232 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 93 percent of Sangou live; 74 percent live in Central Africa and 71 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Sangou is also the 183,678th most frequently held first name internationally. It is borne by 1,742 people.
The last name is most widespread in The Congo, where it is borne by 493 people, or 1 in 10,120. In The Congo it is mostly concentrated 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. Apart from The Congo this last name occurs in 22 countries. It is also found 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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