Sakoua Surname
Approximately 753 people bear this surname
Sakoua Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 660 | 1:15,660 | 2,115 |
| Ivory Coast | 83 | 1:277,967 | 10,712 |
| Australia | 6 | 1:4,499,284 | 146,780 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Sakoua (83) may also be a first name.
Sakoua Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sakoua Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sakoua occurs more in Benin more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sakoua? popularity and diffusion
Sakoua is the 451,199th most frequent last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 9,678,016 people. The surname Sakoua occurs predominantly in Africa, where 90 percent of Sakoua live; 90 percent live in West Africa and 90 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,052,971st most frequently held forename at a global level, held by 83 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Benin, where it is held by 660 people, or 1 in 15,660. In Benin Sakoua is primarily concentrated in: Atakora Department, where 82 percent live, Borgou Department, where 12 percent live and Collines Department, where 5 percent live. Beside Benin it exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 11 percent live and Australia, where 1 percent live.
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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 Sakoua
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