Sanifou Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ivory Coast
Highest density in:
Niger

Sanifou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Sanifou Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ivory Coast21:11,535,61661,806
Niger21:9,596,00886,358

Sanifou (9) may also be a first name.

Sanifou Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Sanifou Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Sanifou is found most in The Ivory Coast. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Sanifou.

How Common Is The Last Name Sanifou? popularity and diffusion

It is the 8,968,613th most common last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sanifou are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 50 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 3,941,740th most commonly held forename throughout the world It is held by 9 people.

This surname is most widely held in The Ivory Coast, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 11,535,616. In The Ivory Coast Sanifou is most frequent in: Denguélé District, where 50 percent live and Sassandra-Marahoué District, where 50 percent live. Besides The Ivory Coast this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Niger, where 50 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sanifu9290/
Sanifo923/
Sanifuji801/
Sanisffo801/
Sanifa7762/
Sanefu772/
Shanifa7115/
Sanifah7110/
Sasnifa717/
Seanefu711/
Sanaifa711/
Sanhfoo711/
Sonifeu711/
Sangifa711/
Shanifaa674/
Schanifa671/
Chanifot671/
Sanaifat671/
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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 Sanifou
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