Sankon Surname
Approximately 2,183 people bear this surname
Sankon Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guinea | 1,893 | 1:6,251 | 257 |
| Liberia | 212 | 1:20,795 | 2,090 |
| Thailand | 42 | 1:1,681,865 | 216,672 |
| Nigeria | 20 | 1:8,857,138 | 186,571 |
| Ivory Coast | 10 | 1:2,307,123 | 39,352 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Sankon (27) may also be a first name.
Sankon Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sankon Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sankon is borne by more people in Guinea than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sankon? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sankon is the 192,807th most commonly held surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,338,317 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Sankon are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 87 percent are found in Mande Africa. It is also the 2,036,353rd most commonly held forename worldwide, held by 27 people.
The last name is most widespread in Guinea, where it is borne by 1,893 people, or 1 in 6,251. In Guinea Sankon is primarily concentrated in: Kindia Region, where 57 percent live, Conakry Region, where 21 percent live and Boké Region, where 13 percent live. Barring Guinea it occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in Liberia, where 10 percent live and Thailand, where 2 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 Sankon
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