Sanhou Surname
Approximately 609 people bear this surname
Sanhou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 572 | 1:40,334 | 2,610 |
| Niger | 30 | 1:639,734 | 15,675 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
Sanhou (1,345) may also be a first name.
Sanhou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sanhou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sanhou is held by more people in The Ivory Coast than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of Sanhou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sanhou? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 530,954th most commonly held last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 11,966,414 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 80 percent of Sanhou live; 80 percent live in West Africa and 75 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Sanhou is also the 214,074th most numerous first name at a global level, held by 1,345 people.
The last name is most commonly used in The Ivory Coast, where it is borne by 572 people, or 1 in 40,334. In The Ivory Coast Sanhou is most prevalent in: Comoé District, where 64 percent are found, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 17 percent are found and Lacs District, where 10 percent are found. Without taking into account The Ivory Coast Sanhou exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 5 percent are found and The United States, where 0 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 Sanhou
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