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
Sanoua occurs in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sanoua? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sanoua is the 2,555,468th most commonly used last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 127,851,683 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Sanoua live; 93 percent live in West Africa and 77 percent live in Chadic Africa. Sanoua is also the 649,894th most frequently used given name throughout the world, held by 195 people.
The last name is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is borne by 46 people, or 1 in 451,501. In Cameroon Sanoua is most numerous in: Far North Region, where 91 percent reside, North Region, where 4 percent reside and West Region, where 4 percent reside. Excluding Cameroon it is found 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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