Sanhoun Surname
Approximately 178 people bear this surname
Sanhoun Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 175 | 1:131,836 | 6,389 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sanhoun (36) may also be a first name.
Sanhoun Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sanhoun Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sanhoun is held by more people in The Ivory Coast than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Sanhoun click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sanhoun? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,281,391st most commonly occurring surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 40,941,269 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 50 percent of Sanhoun are found; 50 percent are found in West Africa and 43 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,717,090th most frequently used first name in the world. It is borne by 36 people.
The last name Sanhoun is most numerous in The Ivory Coast, where it is borne by 175 people, or 1 in 131,836. In The Ivory Coast it is most numerous in: Abidjan Autonomous District, where 47 percent are found, Lacs District, where 20 percent are found and Lagunes District, where 12 percent are found. Without taking into account The Ivory Coast Sanhoun occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 1 percent are found and Burkina Faso, where 1 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
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- 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 Sanhoun
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