Samouga Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Samouga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 12 | 1:1,529,342 | 12,810 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
Samouga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samouga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Samouga (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺻﻤﻮﻛﺎ) has its highest incidence in Burkina Faso. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Samouga? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 5,391,485th most prevalent family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Samouga reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most commonly held in Burkina Faso, where it is carried by 12 people, or 1 in 1,529,342. In Burkina Faso it is mostly found in: Boucle du Mouhoun Region, where 100 percent reside. Other than Burkina Faso this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Benin, where 8 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Samouga Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Samouga in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺻﻤﻮﻛﺎ | smwka | - |
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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 Samouga
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