Sankhanou Surname
Approximately 122 people bear this surname
Sankhanou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senegal | 121 | 1:120,490 | 1,138 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Sankhanou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sankhanou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sankhanou is found most in Senegal. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sankhanou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sankhanou is the 1,637,889th most frequent family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 59,733,983 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sankhanou are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Senegambia Africa.
This surname is most frequently used in Senegal, where it is carried by 121 people, or 1 in 120,490. In Senegal it is mostly concentrated in: Tambacounda Region, where 87 percent reside, Matam Region, where 10 percent reside and Dakar Region, where 2 percent reside. Other than Senegal this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Sankhanou
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