Sakouma Surname
Approximately 109 people bear this surname
Sakouma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 59 | 1:352,018 | 31,532 |
| Benin | 48 | 1:215,325 | 19,968 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Sakouma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sakouma Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sakouma is found most frequently in Cameroon. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sakouma? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sakouma is the 1,755,741st most widespread surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 66,858,219 people. The surname Sakouma occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Sakouma reside; 56 percent reside in West Africa and 44 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 59 people, or 1 in 352,018. In Cameroon Sakouma is most numerous in: Centre Region, where 68 percent are found, Far North Region, where 22 percent are found and East Region, where 3 percent are found. Apart from Cameroon this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 44 percent are found and Central African Republic, where 1 percent are found.
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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
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