Sahibou Surname
Approximately 882 people bear this surname
Sahibou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 757 | 1:25,353 | 1,501 |
| Mauritania | 58 | 1:70,601 | 4,804 |
| Benin | 34 | 1:303,988 | 24,879 |
| Burkina Faso | 13 | 1:1,411,700 | 12,072 |
| Ivory Coast | 12 | 1:1,922,603 | 35,802 |
| Mali | 4 | 1:4,242,259 | 2,433 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sahibou (1,172) may also be a first name.
Sahibou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sahibou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sahibou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺻﺎﺣﺒﻮ) is most common in Niger. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sahibou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 398,988th most commonly held family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 8,262,524 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Sahibou are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 86 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 231,982nd most frequently occurring forename worldwide It is held by 1,172 people.
The last name is most widespread in Niger, where it is held by 757 people, or 1 in 25,353. In Niger Sahibou is primarily concentrated in: Tahoua Region, where 84 percent reside, Maradi Region, where 11 percent reside and Zinder Region, where 3 percent reside. Not including Niger it is found in 8 countries. It is also found in Mauritania, where 7 percent reside and Benin, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sahibou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sahibou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺻﺎﺣﺒﻮ | sahbw | 50 |
| ﺻﺎﺣﻴﺒﻮ | sahybw | 42.86 |
| ﺻﺎﺣﻴﺐ | sahyb | 7.14 |
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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 Sahibou
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