Sankoue Surname
Approximately 20 people bear this surname
Sankoue Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 19 | 1:543,979 | 34,804 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Sankoue Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sankoue Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sankoue is more commonly found in Benin than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Sankoue click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sankoue? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,427,875th most frequent surname internationally, held by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sankoue live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Sankoue is most prevalent in Benin, where it is carried by 19 people, or 1 in 543,979. In Benin it is most prevalent in: Atakora Department, where 95 percent live and Borgou Department, where 5 percent live. Barring Benin this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 5 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 Sankoue
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