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
The last name Sanhou occurs more in The Ivory Coast more than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sanhou? popularity and diffusion
Sanhou is the 530,954th most commonly occurring last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 11,966,414 people. The surname Sanhou is mostly found in Africa, where 80 percent of Sanhou reside; 80 percent reside in West Africa and 75 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Sanhou is also the 214,074th most commonly used forename throughout the world It is held by 1,345 people.
Sanhou is most frequently used in The Ivory Coast, where it is borne by 572 people, or 1 in 40,334. In The Ivory Coast Sanhou is mostly found in: Comoé District, where 64 percent reside, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 17 percent reside and Lacs District, where 10 percent reside. Barring The Ivory Coast this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 5 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.
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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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