Sakou Surname
Approximately 2,316 people bear this surname
Sakou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 776 | 1:13,319 | 1,816 |
| Niger | 761 | 1:25,219 | 1,496 |
| Cameroon | 208 | 1:99,851 | 11,805 |
| Algeria | 163 | 1:237,003 | 26,014 |
| Ivory Coast | 118 | 1:195,519 | 8,450 |
| Congo | 83 | 1:60,110 | 5,403 |
| Liberia | 58 | 1:76,009 | 6,407 |
| Guinea | 55 | 1:215,160 | 1,006 |
| Malaysia | 31 | 1:951,427 | 42,969 |
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| Belgium | 7 | 1:1,642,378 | 98,400 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| Mauritania | 3 | 1:1,364,954 | 27,355 |
| Japan | 3 | 1:42,614,764 | 59,022 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
Sakou (3,138) may also be a first name.
Sakou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sakou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sakou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﺎﻛﻮ) is held by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sakou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sakou is the 183,374th most common last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 3,146,609 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Sakou live; 77 percent live in West Africa and 37 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Sakou is also the 128,504th most common forename internationally, held by 3,138 people.
The last name Sakou is most commonly occurring in Benin, where it is borne by 776 people, or 1 in 13,319. In Benin it is mostly concentrated in: Kouffo Department, where 45 percent are found, Zou Department, where 15 percent are found and Alibori Department, where 6 percent are found. Without taking into account Benin this surname exists in 28 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 33 percent are found and Cameroon, where 9 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sakou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sakou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﺎﻛﻮ | sakw | 85.71 |
| ﺳﺎﻗﻮ | saqw | 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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- 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 Sakou
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