Sakhou Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Sakhou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 11 | 1:372,260 | 15,230 |
| Senegal | 3 | 1:4,859,781 | 6,822 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
Sakhou (21) may also be a first name.
Sakhou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sakhou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sakhou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﺎﻏﻮ) is found most in Mauritania. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sakhou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,772,636th most commonly used family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. Sakhou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Sakhou are found; 82 percent are found in West Africa and 82 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 2,368,944th most commonly used first name worldwide, held by 21 people.
It is most frequently used in Mauritania, where it is held by 11 people, or 1 in 372,260. In Mauritania it is most common in: Gorgol Region, where 55 percent reside, Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 18 percent reside and Guidimagha Region, where 9 percent reside. Aside from Mauritania this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Senegal, where 18 percent reside and Algeria, where 6 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sakhou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sakhou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﺎﻏﻮ | saghw | 28.57 |
| ﺳﺎﺧﻮ | sakhw | 28.57 |
| ﺻﺎﺧﻮ | sakhw | 14.29 |
| ﺳﺎﻗﻮ | saqw | 14.29 |
| ﺻﺎﻏﻮ | saghw | 14.29 |
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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 Sakhou
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