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
The last name Sanhoun occurs in The Ivory Coast more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sanhoun? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,281,391st most commonly used surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 40,941,269 people. The last name is primarily found 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. Sanhoun is also the 1,717,090th most commonly occurring first name at a global level. It is borne by 36 people.
This last name is most common in The Ivory Coast, where it is held by 175 people, or 1 in 131,836. In The Ivory Coast it is primarily found in: Abidjan Autonomous District, where 47 percent live, Lacs District, where 20 percent live and Lagunes District, where 12 percent live. Other than The Ivory Coast it is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 1 percent live and Burkina Faso, where 1 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 Sanhoun
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