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 surname Sahraoui (Arabic: صحراوي, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺼﺤﺮﺍﻭﻯ) is more commonly found in Algeria than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Sahraoui? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 7,090th most frequently occurring last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 91,061 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Sahraoui reside; 96 percent reside in North Africa and 96 percent reside in Mahgreb. It is also the 64,716th most prevalent given name internationally. It is borne by 9,207 people.

Sahraoui is most frequent in Algeria, where it is held by 67,397 people, or 1 in 573. In Algeria it is most frequent in: Algiers Province, where 13 percent reside, Oran Province, where 10 percent reside and Khenchela Province, where 6 percent reside. Not including Algeria this last name is found in 43 countries. It is also common in Morocco, where 12 percent reside and France, where 3 percent reside.

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 Sahraoui are 8.79% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 55.56% being registered to vote for 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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