Sankou Surname
Approximately 59 people bear this surname
Sankou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 25 | 1:830,763 | 57,125 |
| Benin | 18 | 1:574,200 | 35,798 |
| France | 10 | 1:6,642,272 | 293,169 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
Sankou (1,353) may also be a first name.
Sankou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sankou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sankou occurs in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sankou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sankou is the 2,506,728th most widely held last name internationally, held by around 1 in 123,517,727 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 80 percent of Sankou are found; 41 percent are found in Central Africa and 39 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Sankou is also the 213,236th most commonly held first name world-wide, held by 1,353 people.
The surname is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is carried by 25 people, or 1 in 830,763. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: Littoral Region, where 84 percent are found, West Region, where 8 percent are found and Adamawa Region, where 4 percent are found. Not including Cameroon this surname is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 31 percent are found and France, where 17 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 Sankou
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