Sanounou Surname
Approximately 210 people bear this surname
Sanounou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 116 | 1:165,448 | 5,964 |
| Benin | 88 | 1:117,450 | 12,976 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
Sanounou (1,532) may also be a first name.
Sanounou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sanounou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sanounou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﺎﻧﻮﻧﻮ) is found in Niger more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sanounou? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,144,405th most common family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 34,702,600 people. The last name Sanounou is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sanounou live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 55 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 198,172nd most commonly used first name throughout the world, held by 1,532 people.
The last name Sanounou is most frequent in Niger, where it is held by 116 people, or 1 in 165,448. In Niger Sanounou is mostly concentrated in: Tillabéri Region, where 40 percent live, Zinder Region, where 28 percent live and Dosso Region, where 16 percent live. Without taking into account Niger Sanounou occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 42 percent live and Cameroon, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sanounou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sanounou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﺎﻧﻮﻧﻮ | sanwnw | 71.43 |
| ﺻﺎﻧﻮﻥ | sanwn | 14.29 |
| ﺻﺎﻧﻮﻧﻮ | sanwnw | 14.29 |
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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
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- 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 Sanounou
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