Sanouna Surname
Approximately 87 people bear this surname
Sanouna Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 84 | 1:228,476 | 7,450 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
Sanouna (159) may also be a first name.
Sanouna Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sanouna Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sanouna is found most frequently in Niger. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sanouna? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,007,164th most widely held surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 83,764,896 people. The surname Sanouna is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Sanouna are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 727,628th most commonly occurring first name in the world, borne by 159 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Niger, where it is held by 84 people, or 1 in 228,476. In Niger it is primarily concentrated in: Tillabéri Region, where 81 percent live, Niamey Capital District, where 15 percent live and Maradi Region, where 1 percent live. Excluding Niger this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Thailand, where 2 percent live and Tunisia, where 1 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 Sanouna
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