Sanifou Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Sanifou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
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 occurs most in The Ivory Coast. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sanifou? popularity and diffusion
Sanifou is the 8,968,613th most commonly used surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname Sanifou occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sanifou reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 50 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Sanifou is also the 3,941,740th most frequently held first name internationally, held by 9 people.
It is most prevalent in The Ivory Coast, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 11,535,616. In The Ivory Coast Sanifou is primarily concentrated in: Denguélé District, where 50 percent are found and Sassandra-Marahoué District, where 50 percent are found. Not including The Ivory Coast this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Niger, where 50 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
- 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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