Sahoura Surname
Approximately 396 people bear this surname
Sahoura Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 348 | 1:55,149 | 2,699 |
| Cameroon | 35 | 1:593,402 | 45,326 |
| Burkina Faso | 6 | 1:3,058,683 | 18,466 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Sahoura (30,882) may also be a first name.
Sahoura Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sahoura Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sahoura is held by more people in Niger than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sahoura? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 731,961st most frequently used last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 18,402,894 people. The last name Sahoura occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Sahoura reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 91 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 27,309th most numerous first name in the world, held by 30,882 people.
The last name Sahoura is most prevalent in Niger, where it is borne by 348 people, or 1 in 55,149. In Niger it is most numerous in: Maradi Region, where 52 percent reside, Zinder Region, where 32 percent reside and Tahoua Region, where 16 percent reside. Not including Niger this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 9 percent reside and Burkina Faso, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Sahoura
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