Sahraoui Surname

7,090th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 80,029 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Algeria
Highest density in:
Algeria

Sahraoui Surname User-submission:

The Sahraoui surname refers to 'people of the dessert'. People who bear this surname come from Bel Abas or Mascara.

Sahraoui Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Algeria67,3971:57311
Morocco9,4061:3,665365
France2,2331:29,7463,635
Spain3441:135,90710,250
Tunisia1501:4,071627
Belgium771:149,30720,954
England611:913,41146,955
Switzerland581:141,60213,683
United States511:7,107,038327,397
Canada461:800,99162,809
Germany391:2,064,243111,952
Qatar281:84,2149,043
Netherlands231:734,22557,169
United Arab Emirates181:509,01523,390
Norway171:302,48730,120
Sweden151:656,45048,545
Malaysia61:4,915,704170,578
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
Finland51:1,099,34045,512
Libya41:1,560,9943,087
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Russia41:36,030,764577,589
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Czechia41:2,658,367127,801
Lebanon31:1,879,02822,073
Denmark31:1,881,57267,227
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Iran21:38,391,262236,033
China21:683,660,78330,601
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Togo11:7,247,76812,049
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
Macau11:601,6301,582

Sahraoui (9,207) may also be a first name.

Sahraoui Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The Sahraoui surname refers to 'people of the dessert'. People who bear this surname come from Bel Abas or Mascara.

- kiko78

The meaning of the Sahraoui surname is 'inhabitant of the desert' in Arabic.

- melyssahaddadou

Sahraoui Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Sahraoui Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Sahraoui (Arabic: صحراوي, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺼﺤﺮﺍﻭﻯ) occurs in Algeria more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sahraoui? popularity and diffusion

The surname Sahraoui is the 7,090th most numerous surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 91,061 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Sahraoui live; 96 percent live in North Africa and 96 percent live in Mahgreb. It is also the 64,716th most numerous given name globally, held by 9,207 people.

The last name is most widely held in Algeria, where it is carried by 67,397 people, or 1 in 573. In Algeria it is most prevalent in: Algiers Province, where 13 percent live, Oran Province, where 10 percent live and Khenchela Province, where 6 percent live. Beside Algeria it exists in 43 countries. It also occurs in Morocco, where 12 percent live and France, where 3 percent live.

Sahraoui Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Sahraoui last name is principally Sunni (67%) in Lebanon.

In The United States those holding the Sahraoui last name are 8.79% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 55.56% registered with the political party.

The amount Sahraoui earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 19.67% less than the national average, earning 278,022 kr per year; in United States they earn 14.89% more than the national average, earning $49,576 USD per year and in Canada they earn 26.98% less than the national average, earning $36,280 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Sahraoui Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sahraoui in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﺼﺤﺮﺍﻭﻯalshrawy-
Sahraoui in the Arabic language
صحراويshrawy-

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