Sankeu Surname
Approximately 66 people bear this surname
Sankeu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 53 | 1:391,869 | 33,952 |
| France | 11 | 1:6,038,429 | 280,838 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sankeu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sankeu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sankeu is found most in Cameroon. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sankeu? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sankeu is the 2,352,516th most frequent surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 110,417,362 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 82 percent of Sankeu live; 77 percent live in Central Africa and 76 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
It is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is held by 53 people, or 1 in 391,869. In Cameroon Sankeu is mostly concentrated in: Littoral Region, where 68 percent are found, West Region, where 21 percent are found and Centre Region, where 4 percent are found. Outside of Cameroon Sankeu occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in France, where 17 percent are found and Nigeria, where 2 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 Sankeu
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