Sankande Surname
Approximately 581 people bear this surname
Sankande Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 472 | 1:38,882 | 1,962 |
| Malawi | 105 | 1:163,039 | 16,499 |
| Ivory Coast | 4 | 1:5,767,808 | 55,416 |
The alternate forms: Sankandé (2) are calculated separately.
Sankande (10) may also be a first name.
Sankande Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sankande Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sankande is held by more people in Burkina Faso than any other country or territory. It can appear as: Sankandé. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sankande? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 549,848th most numerous surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 12,543,108 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sankande are found; 82 percent are found in West Africa and 73 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Sankande is also the 3,684,242nd most prevalent first name internationally, borne by 10 people.
Sankande is most common in Burkina Faso, where it is held by 472 people, or 1 in 38,882. In Burkina Faso it is primarily concentrated in: Centre Region, where 29 percent live, Centre-Nord Region, where 21 percent live and Centre-Ouest Region, where 11 percent live. Excluding Burkina Faso it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 18 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sankandé | 96 | 2 | / |
| Siankande | 94 | 5 | / |
| Shankande | 94 | 1 | / |
| Sankanda | 88 | 103 | / |
| Sonkande | 88 | 9 | / |
| Zankande | 88 | 7 | / |
| Sankandi | 88 | 6 | / |
| Sankonde | 88 | 1 | / |
| Samkande | 88 | 1 | / |
| Shankandi | 82 | 286 | / |
| Siankandi | 82 | 82 | / |
| Siankanda | 82 | 16 | / |
| Shenkande | 82 | 9 | / |
| Shankanda | 82 | 5 | / |
| Jankander | 82 | 2 | / |
| Siankonde | 82 | 1 | / |
| Sankounde | 82 | 1 | / |
| Sangkamdee | 78 | 9 | / |
| Jhankhande | 78 | 1 | / |
| Sankhamdee | 78 | 1 | / |
| Siankaandi | 78 | 1 | / |
| Shengkande | 78 | 1 | / |
| Sancandi | 75 | 319 | / |
| Zankanda | 75 | 21 | / |
| Zonkande | 75 | 5 | / |
| Sankonda | 75 | 5 | / |
| Cancande | 75 | 5 | / |
| Zankonde | 75 | 3 | / |
| Sonkonde | 75 | 3 | / |
| Jamkande | 75 | 3 | / |
| Sankondi | 75 | 1 | / |
| Jankandi | 75 | 1 | / |
| Somkande | 75 | 1 | / |
| Chaunkhande | 74 | 47 | / |
| Sangkhamdee | 74 | 1 | / |
| Shenkandi | 71 | 149 | / |
| Jamkhande | 71 | 133 | / |
| Sankoundi | 71 | 17 | / |
| Jankhandi | 71 | 12 | / |
| Shankonda | 71 | 4 | / |
| Chankonde | 71 | 3 | / |
| Jankondee | 71 | 2 | / |
| Chonkhande | 67 | 5 | / |
| Sahankonda | 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 Sankande
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