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) occurs most in Mauritania. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Saghou.
How Common Is The Last Name Saghou? popularity and diffusion
Saghou is the 1,746,159th most frequent last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 66,250,417 people. The last name is primarily found 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 frequently used first name throughout the world, held by 46 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Mauritania, where it is carried by 88 people, or 1 in 46,533. In Mauritania it is most prevalent in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 47 percent are found, Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 27 percent are found and Guidimagha Region, where 10 percent are found. Not including Mauritania it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 17 percent are found and Algeria, where 2 percent are found.
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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