Sanihu Surname
Approximately 117 people bear this surname
Sanihu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 73 | 1:2,426,613 | 80,686 |
| Indonesia | 42 | 1:3,148,790 | 173,812 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
Sanihu (43) may also be a first name.
Sanihu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sanihu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sanihu is found most in Nigeria. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Sanihu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sanihu? popularity and diffusion
Sanihu is the 1,683,218th most commonly held family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 62,286,717 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 62 percent of Sanihu live; 62 percent live in West Africa and 62 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Sanihu is also the 1,545,828th most commonly used given name worldwide. It is borne by 43 people.
This last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 73 people, or 1 in 2,426,613. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Federal Capital Territory, where 26 percent live, Kano, where 12 percent live and Niger, where 12 percent live. Barring Nigeria it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 36 percent live and England, 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 Sanihu
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