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 found most in Niger. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sahoura? popularity and diffusion
Sahoura is the 731,961st most commonly used last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 18,402,894 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Sahoura reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 91 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Sahoura is also the 27,309th most frequently used given name globally It is held by 30,882 people.
The surname Sahoura is most commonly used in Niger, where it is borne by 348 people, or 1 in 55,149. In Niger it is mostly concentrated in: Maradi Region, where 52 percent are found, Zinder Region, where 32 percent are found and Tahoua Region, where 16 percent are found. Not including Niger this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 9 percent are found and Burkina Faso, where 2 percent are found.
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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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