Sanhá Surname
Approximately 60 people bear this surname
Sanhá Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portugal | 38 | 1:274,164 | 10,086 |
| Cape Verde | 13 | 1:40,742 | 1,508 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 4 | 1:432,005 | 185 |
| Senegal | 4 | 1:3,644,836 | 6,064 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
The alternate forms: Sanha (24,250) are calculated separately.
Sanhá Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sanhá Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sanhá is most common in Portugal. It may be rendered as: Sanha. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sanhá? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,483,783rd most frequently occurring surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 121,459,099 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 65 percent of Sanhá are found; 63 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 63 percent are found in Iberian Europe.
Sanhá is most frequent in Portugal, where it is held by 38 people, or 1 in 274,164. Barring Portugal this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Cape Verde, where 22 percent live and Guinea-Bissau, where 7 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 Sanhá
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