Sao Forename
22,505th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 39,352 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Vietnam
Highest density in:
Liberia
Sao Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vietnam | 51% | 12,017 | 1:7,708 | 383 |
| Thailand | 52% | 10,300 | 1:6,803 | 1,149 |
| Myanmar | - | 3,938 | 1:13,192 | 385 |
| Cambodia | 58% | 3,715 | 1:4,380 | 740 |
| Angola | - | 1,889 | 1:14,276 | 1,436 |
| Liberia | 61% | 1,513 | 1:2,916 | 407 |
| Portugal | - | 1,476 | 1:7,053 | 498 |
| United States | 64% | 938 | 1:386,500 | 11,106 |
| Guinea | 100% | 466 | 1:25,448 | 1,157 |
| India | 65% | 438 | 1:2,773,694 | 129,754 |
| Brazil | 100% | 358 | 1:598,425 | 18,501 |
| Pakistan | 74% | 293 | 1:663,337 | 13,762 |
| Japan | 100% | 211 | 1:606,569 | 12,072 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 185 | 1:399,068 | 14,867 |
| Malaysia | 54% | 184 | 1:165,489 | 10,081 |
| Ivory Coast | 62% | 178 | 1:129,640 | 7,336 |
| Papua New Guinea | 74% | 173 | 1:47,123 | 4,557 |
| Indonesia | - | 131 | 1:1,969,188 | 101,571 |
| Niger | 96% | 121 | 1:158,545 | 4,960 |
| Nigeria | 89% | 109 | 1:1,629,031 | 34,770 |
| Benin | 100% | 90 | 1:117,509 | 6,849 |
| Canada | 100% | 88 | 1:376,516 | 11,009 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 45 | 1:158,933 | 10,498 |
| Afghanistan | 100% | 41 | 1:795,696 | 10,869 |
| England | 75% | 36 | 1:1,544,526 | 21,746 |
| Mauritius | - | 29 | 1:44,751 | 2,901 |
| Senegal | 64% | 27 | 1:540,050 | 6,764 |
| New Zealand | - | 26 | 1:174,463 | 5,979 |
| Slovenia | - | 23 | 1:106,903 | 2,955 |
| Philippines | 89% | 22 | 1:4,818,613 | 84,327 |
| France | 65% | 21 | 1:3,165,254 | 15,580 |
| American Samoa | - | 17 | 1:3,285 | 601 |
| Burkina Faso | 56% | 17 | 1:1,081,145 | 29,013 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 16 | 1:443,041 | 536 |
| Germany | 63% | 13 | 1:7,436,760 | 27,072 |
| Georgia | 64% | 13 | 1:287,574 | 6,675 |
| Russia | 67% | 11 | 1:13,112,155 | 45,377 |
| South Africa | 60% | 11 | 1:4,957,514 | 105,029 |
| Qatar | 100% | 10 | 1:236,960 | 22,379 |
| Australia | - | 10 | 1:1,365,762 | 14,367 |
| China | - | 9 | 1:151,783,976 | 66,907 |
| Sweden | 75% | 8 | 1:1,232,238 | 22,791 |
| Kazakhstan | 75% | 8 | 1:2,218,356 | 16,526 |
| Switzerland | 90% | 7 | 1:1,173,357 | 12,989 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 6 | 1:3,961,614 | 68,952 |
| Zimbabwe | 50% | 6 | 1:2,570,636 | 64,965 |
| Costa Rica | 80% | 6 | 1:794,658 | 9,692 |
| Mauritania | 100% | 5 | 1:819,048 | 12,822 |
| Mexico | 100% | 5 | 1:24,828,885 | 53,479 |
| Turkey | 100% | 5 | 1:15,560,342 | 40,635 |
| Luxembourg | - | 4 | 1:141,012 | 2,772 |
| Zambia | - | 4 | 1:3,963,698 | 31,018 |
| Morocco | - | 4 | 1:8,587,159 | 11,086 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 4 | 1:2,607,818 | 19,206 |
| Peru | 67% | 4 | 1:7,947,864 | 48,688 |
| Cape Verde | - | 4 | 1:132,288 | 3,925 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 4 | 1:5,402,626 | 68,032 |
| Singapore | 50% | 4 | 1:1,571,764 | 18,508 |
| Tanzania | 67% | 3 | 1:17,596,106 | 69,562 |
| Scotland | 100% | 3 | 1:1,783,455 | 14,297 |
| Colombia | - | 3 | 1:15,926,309 | 51,235 |
| Norway | - | 3 | 1:1,710,776 | 19,445 |
| Kenya | - | 3 | 1:15,435,703 | 51,312 |
| North Macedonia | - | 3 | 1:696,919 | 10,674 |
| Bulgaria | - | 3 | 1:2,330,130 | 16,302 |
| Czechia | 100% | 2 | 1:5,328,081 | 8,108 |
| Austria | 100% | 2 | 1:4,257,100 | 13,469 |
| Namibia | - | 2 | 1:1,202,090 | 12,702 |
| Macau | - | 2 | 1:304,104 | 1,640 |
| Argentina | - | 1 | 1:42,773,243 | 43,333 |
| Sudan | - | 1 | 1:37,806,975 | 10,689 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| Belarus | - | 1 | 1:9,482,384 | 20,892 |
| Togo | - | 1 | 1:7,239,239 | 8,047 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1 | 1:159,461,366 | 36,167 |
| Bahrain | - | 1 | 1:1,348,673 | 7,854 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 1 | 1:30,786,440 | 17,476 |
| Venezuela | - | 1 | 1:30,201,893 | 231,239 |
| Wales | - | 1 | 1:3,094,309 | 16,222 |
| Panama | - | 1 | 1:3,906,557 | 40,800 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Laos | - | 1 | 1:6,586,856 | 1,888 |
| Mozambique | - | 1 | 1:27,243,357 | 5,091 |
| Netherlands | 92% | 1 | 1:16,902,083 | 43,152 |
| Italy | 64% | 1 | 1:61,062,090 | 83,289 |
| Iran | - | 1 | 1:78,496,868 | 65,150 |
| Haiti | - | 1 | 1:10,726,953 | 41,696 |
| Ghana | - | 1 | 1:26,986,216 | 13,521 |
| Spain | - | 1 | 1:46,529,965 | 35,592 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1 | 1:97,560,133 | 29,608 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 1 | 1:7,236,805 | 16,549 |
| Egypt | 100% | 1 | 1:91,900,946 | 53,283 |
| Denmark | - | 1 | 1:5,649,498 | 28,429 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1 | 1:30,812,565 | 27,537 |
| Chile | - | 1 | 1:17,607,208 | 48,996 |
| South Korea | - | 1 | 1:5,544,421 | 37,250 |
The alternate forms: Sâo (4) & Säo (2) are calculated separately.
Sao (54,448) may also be a surname.
Sao Forename Popularity
Sao Demographics
Sao Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Sample size: 2 (2018)
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Phonetically Similar Names
Sao Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sao in the Russian language | ||
| Сао | sao | - |
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Footnotes
- First names are taken from the first part of an person's personal name. That is, not their inherited name(s), i.e. their surname(s). The first name includes particles, but not middle names
- 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 Sao