Sanounou Surname

1,144,405th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 210 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Niger
Highest density in:
Benin

Sanounou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sanounou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Niger1161:165,4485,964
Benin881:117,45012,976
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Guinea11:11,833,8173,268
Mali11:16,969,0354,067

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

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sanounou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺳﺎﻧﻮﻧﻮsanwnw71.43
ﺻﺎﻧﻮﻥsanwn14.29
ﺻﺎﻧﻮﻧﻮsanwnw14.29

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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
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  • 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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