Sanussi Surname
Approximately 52 people bear this surname
Sanussi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Ivory Coast | 9 | 1:2,563,470 | 41,100 |
| Libya | 9 | 1:693,775 | 1,982 |
| Nigeria | 9 | 1:19,682,529 | 291,344 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sanussi (38) may also be a first name.
Sanussi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sanussi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sanussi (Russian: Санусси) has its highest incidence in Egypt. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Sanussi.
How Common Is The Last Name Sanussi? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,689,253rd most common family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 140,145,114 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 75 percent of Sanussi live; 40 percent live in West Africa and 40 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,662,754th most commonly occurring forename globally, held by 38 people.
The last name is most widespread in Egypt, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 10,215,084. Beside Egypt Sanussi exists in 15 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 17 percent reside and Libya, where 17 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sanussi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sanussi in the Russian language | ||
| Санусси | sanussi | - |
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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 Sanussi
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