Sanuis Surname
Approximately 30 people bear this surname
Sanuis Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 29 | 1:6,108,371 | 148,179 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sanuis Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sanuis Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sanuis occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Sanuis click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sanuis? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,602,217th most widespread surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 242,918,197 people. The surname Sanuis is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Sanuis live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 29 people, or 1 in 6,108,371. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Osun, where 34 percent are found, Sokoto, where 31 percent are found and Federal Capital Territory, where 17 percent are found. Not including Nigeria this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 3 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 Sanuis
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