Saghou Surname
Approximately 110 people bear this surname
Saghou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 88 | 1:46,533 | 3,461 |
| Papua New Guinea | 19 | 1:429,143 | 55,452 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
Saghou (46) may also be a first name.
Saghou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Saghou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Saghou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﺎﻗﻮ) is more frequently found in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Saghou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Saghou is the 1,746,159th most frequently held surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 66,250,417 people. The last name Saghou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 82 percent of Saghou are found; 80 percent are found in West Africa and 80 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. Saghou is also the 1,484,914th most commonly occurring forename throughout the world, borne by 46 people.
Saghou is most frequently used in Mauritania, where it is borne by 88 people, or 1 in 46,533. In Mauritania Saghou is mostly found in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 47 percent live, Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 27 percent live and Guidimagha Region, where 10 percent live. Other than Mauritania Saghou occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 17 percent live and Algeria, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Saghou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Saghou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﺎﻗﻮ | saqw | 74 |
| ﺳﺎﻏﻮ | saghw | 14 |
| ﺳﺎﻕ | saq | 4 |
| ﺻﺎﻏﻮ | saghw | 2 |
| ﺳﺎﺧﻮ | sakhw | 2 |
| ﺳﺎﻗﻮﺍ | saqwa | 2 |
| ﺍﻟﺴﺎﻗﻮ | alsaqw | 2 |
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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 Saghou
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