Sanoussa Surname
Approximately 93 people bear this surname
Sanoussa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 52 | 1:399,405 | 34,455 |
| Niger | 23 | 1:834,436 | 19,133 |
| Ivory Coast | 18 | 1:1,281,735 | 28,562 |
Sanoussa (2,455) may also be a first name.
Sanoussa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sanoussa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sanoussa is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sanoussa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,931,261st most frequently held family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 78,360,709 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Sanoussa live; 90 percent live in West Africa and 38 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 149,291st most commonly held first name internationally, held by 2,455 people.
The surname Sanoussa is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 52 people, or 1 in 399,405. In Cameroon Sanoussa is mostly found in: Far North Region, where 79 percent are found and North Region, where 21 percent are found. Excluding Cameroon it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 25 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 19 percent are found.
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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 Sanoussa
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