Sanoua Surname
Approximately 57 people bear this surname
Sanoua Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 46 | 1:451,501 | 37,608 |
| Burkina Faso | 4 | 1:4,588,025 | 21,573 |
| Senegal | 3 | 1:4,859,781 | 6,822 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Sanoua (195) may also be a first name.
Sanoua Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sanoua Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sanoua is found most in Cameroon. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sanoua? popularity and diffusion
Sanoua is the 2,555,468th most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 127,851,683 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Sanoua reside; 93 percent reside in West Africa and 77 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Sanoua is also the 649,894th most numerous first name internationally, held by 195 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is held by 46 people, or 1 in 451,501. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: Far North Region, where 91 percent reside, North Region, where 4 percent reside and West Region, where 4 percent reside. Apart from Cameroon this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Burkina Faso, where 7 percent reside and Senegal, where 5 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 Sanoua
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