Sanyoh Surname
Approximately 46 people bear this surname
Sanyoh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 32 | 1:137,767 | 10,163 |
| Cameroon | 13 | 1:1,597,621 | 87,539 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Sanyoh (34) may also be a first name.
Sanyoh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sanyoh Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sanyoh has its highest incidence in Liberia. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sanyoh? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sanyoh is the 2,876,555th most frequently held family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 158,424,911 people. The surname Sanyoh occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Sanyoh live; 70 percent live in West Africa and 70 percent live in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 1,775,424th most frequent first name in the world It is held by 34 people.
The last name is most widely held in Liberia, where it is carried by 32 people, or 1 in 137,767. In Liberia Sanyoh is mostly found in: Lofa County, where 56 percent are found, Montserrado County, where 41 percent are found and Bong County, where 3 percent are found. Outside of Liberia this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 28 percent are found and Canada, where 2 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 Sanyoh
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