Sahou Surname
Approximately 902 people bear this surname
Sahou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 353 | 1:65,358 | 3,751 |
| Benin | 214 | 1:48,297 | 6,111 |
| Niger | 119 | 1:161,277 | 5,814 |
| Cameroon | 97 | 1:214,114 | 21,748 |
| Burkina Faso | 42 | 1:436,955 | 6,467 |
| India | 41 | 1:18,708,912 | 282,725 |
| United States | 19 | 1:19,076,786 | 604,894 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Sahou (5,884) may also be a first name.
Sahou Demographics
Average Sahou Salary in
United States
$37,297 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Sahou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sahou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sahou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺻﺎﺡ, Hindi: साहू, Oriya: ସାେହୁୗ) is found most in The Ivory Coast. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sahou? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 392,160th most commonly used family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 8,079,319 people. The last name Sahou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 69 percent of Sahou live; 59 percent live in West Africa and 42 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Sahou is also the 86,808th most widely held given name world-wide. It is borne by 5,884 people.
The last name is most widespread in The Ivory Coast, where it is carried by 353 people, or 1 in 65,358. In The Ivory Coast it is most frequent in: Abidjan Autonomous District, where 59 percent live, Montagnes District, where 24 percent live and Sassandra-Marahoué District, where 6 percent live. Without taking into account The Ivory Coast this last name is found in 18 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 24 percent live and Niger, where 13 percent live.
Sahou Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Sahou last name are 26.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 80% being registered to vote for the political party.
Sahou earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 13.56% less than the national average, earning $37,297 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sahou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sahou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺻﺎﺡ | sah | - |
| Sahou in the Oriya language | ||
| ସାେହୁୗ | saehu | - |
| Sahou in the Hindi language | ||
| साहू | sahu | 83.33 |
| सहोऊ | saho'u | 8.33 |
| साहूू | sahuu | 8.33 |
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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 Sahou
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