Sahau Surname
Approximately 597 people bear this surname
Sahau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 542 | 1:1,415,250 | 54,195 |
| Papua New Guinea | 25 | 1:326,149 | 43,617 |
| Solomon Islands | 9 | 1:64,448 | 12,261 |
| Malaysia | 8 | 1:3,686,778 | 134,908 |
| Tanzania | 6 | 1:8,823,602 | 72,091 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Sahau (1,064) may also be a first name.
Sahau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sahau Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sahau (Hindi: सहाऊ, Marathi: साहू, Oriya: ସାହୁ) is held by more people in India than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Sahau click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sahau? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 538,780th most common last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 12,206,945 people. The surname is mostly found in Asia, where 92 percent of Sahau are found; 91 percent are found in South Asia and 91 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 245,329th most prevalent given name internationally, held by 1,064 people.
This last name is most commonly used in India, where it is held by 542 people, or 1 in 1,415,250. In India it is most numerous in: Gujarat, where 89 percent are found, Delhi, where 2 percent are found and Uttar Pradesh, where 2 percent are found. Besides India Sahau is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 4 percent are found and The Solomon Islands, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sahau Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sahau in the Oriya language | ||
| ସାହୁ | sahu | - |
| Sahau in the Hindi language | ||
| सहाऊ | saha'u | 69.94 |
| सहाउ | saha'u | 24.28 |
| साहू | sahu | 2.31 |
| साहाऊ | saha'u | 1.16 |
| सहऊ | saha'u | 0.58 |
| सहाउ़ | saha'u | 0.58 |
| साहु | sahu | 0.58 |
| साहाू | sahau | 0.58 |
| Sahau in the Marathi language | ||
| साहू | sahu | 26.09 |
| सहाउ | saha'u | 21.74 |
| साहँू | sahamu | 17.39 |
| शाहु | sahu | 17.39 |
| सहाइू | sahaiu | 8.7 |
| शाहू | sahu | 4.35 |
| सहाऊ | saha'u | 4.35 |
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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 Sahau
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