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 occurs in The Ivory Coast more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sanhou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 530,954th most prevalent last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 11,966,414 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 80 percent of Sanhou reside; 80 percent reside in West Africa and 75 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 214,074th most commonly occurring forename on earth It is held by 1,345 people.
The last name Sanhou is most widespread in The Ivory Coast, where it is borne by 572 people, or 1 in 40,334. In The Ivory Coast Sanhou is most numerous in: Comoé District, where 64 percent live, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 17 percent live and Lacs District, where 10 percent live. Excluding The Ivory Coast Sanhou is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 5 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.
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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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