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
The last name Sakouba (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻘﻮﺑﻪ) has its highest incidence in Benin. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sakouba? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 8,193,072nd most frequently used surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The last name Sakouba occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sakouba are found; 80 percent are found in West Africa and 60 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Sakouba is also the 5,493,085th most frequent first name world-wide It is held by 5 people.
Sakouba is most commonly used in Benin, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 3,445,201. In Benin it is most common in: Alibori Department, where 33 percent are found, Littoral Department, where 33 percent are found and Ouémé Department, where 33 percent are found. Other than Benin this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The Congo, where 20 percent are found and Mauritania, where 20 percent are found.
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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