Sakouba Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Sakouba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Sakouba (5) may also be a first name.
Sakouba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sakouba Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sakouba (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻘﻮﺑﻪ) is held by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sakouba? popularity and diffusion
Sakouba is the 8,193,072nd most commonly occurring family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sakouba live; 80 percent live in West Africa and 60 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Sakouba is also the 5,493,085th most frequently held first name globally It is held by 5 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Benin, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 3,445,201. In Benin Sakouba is primarily found in: Alibori Department, where 33 percent live, Littoral Department, where 33 percent live and Ouémé Department, where 33 percent live. Besides Benin this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The Congo, where 20 percent live and Mauritania, where 20 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sakouba Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sakouba in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﻘﻮﺑﻪ | sqwbh | - |
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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 Sakouba
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