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) is found in Benin more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sakouba? popularity and diffusion
Sakouba is the 8,193,072nd most widely held surname on earth, held by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. This surname occurs mostly 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 commonly used forename globally, borne by 5 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Benin, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 3,445,201. In Benin Sakouba is most common in: Alibori Department, where 33 percent reside, Littoral Department, where 33 percent reside and Ouémé Department, where 33 percent reside. Barring Benin it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in The Congo, where 20 percent reside and Mauritania, where 20 percent reside.
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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