Sankamou Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Sankamou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 11 | 1:939,600 | 46,216 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Sankamou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sankamou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sankamou is found most frequently in Benin. It may also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sankamou? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 5,587,209th most frequently held surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. The surname Sankamou occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sankamou live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most numerous in Benin, where it is held by 11 people, or 1 in 939,600. In Benin it is most common in: Donga Department, where 91 percent reside and Borgou Department, where 9 percent reside. Besides Benin this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Nigeria, where 8 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sankamo | 93 | 864 | / |
| Sankamu | 93 | 24 | / |
| Siankamu | 88 | 109 | / |
| Shankamo | 88 | 1 | / |
| Sankama | 80 | 386 | / |
| Sankomo | 80 | 5 | / |
| Sonkamo | 80 | 4 | / |
| Samkamo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Sonkamu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Sankomu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Siankomo | 75 | 53 | / |
| Sankamma | 75 | 24 | / |
| Sangkama | 75 | 5 | / |
| Sankhama | 75 | 4 | / |
| Shankomo | 75 | 3 | / |
| Sankouma | 75 | 1 | / |
| Sancamuz | 75 | 1 | / |
| Sankoumo | 75 | 1 | / |
| Sankamad | 75 | 1 | / |
| Sankamai | 75 | 1 | / |
| Shankamma | 71 | 13 | / |
| Sangkamma | 71 | 11 | / |
| Sainkommu | 71 | 4 | / |
| Sangkamee | 71 | 2 | / |
| Sangkamas | 71 | 2 | / |
| Sangkhama | 71 | 2 | / |
| Sangkamad | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sangkamat | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sankhamai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sankammee | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sankameya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Saankommu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sangkhamat | 67 | 314 | / |
| Sonkomo | 67 | 24 | / |
| Sangkhamma | 67 | 15 | / |
| Sancama | 67 | 9 | / |
| Sangkhamas | 67 | 4 | / |
| Sangkhamai | 67 | 4 | / |
| Sankoma | 67 | 2 | / |
| Sonkama | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zankama | 67 | 1 | / |
| Seangkamma | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shankamaya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Seankhamma | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Sankamou
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