Saou Surname
Approximately 5,840 people bear this surname
Saou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 3,113 | 1:12,410 | 2,185 |
| Togo | 630 | 1:11,504 | 2,968 |
| Morocco | 579 | 1:59,544 | 9,923 |
| France | 332 | 1:200,068 | 31,101 |
| Mali | 323 | 1:52,536 | 1,331 |
| Benin | 270 | 1:38,280 | 4,939 |
| Senegal | 197 | 1:74,007 | 935 |
| Spain | 165 | 1:283,346 | 17,390 |
| Belgium | 54 | 1:212,901 | 27,429 |
| India | 45 | 1:17,045,897 | 267,282 |
| Niger | 32 | 1:599,751 | 14,963 |
| Burkina Faso | 19 | 1:965,900 | 9,829 |
| Ivory Coast | 15 | 1:1,538,082 | 31,691 |
| Netherlands | 13 | 1:1,299,014 | 73,030 |
| Thailand | 10 | 1:7,063,834 | 426,148 |
| United States | 10 | 1:36,245,893 | 832,629 |
| Mauritania | 9 | 1:454,985 | 17,374 |
| Germany | 6 | 1:13,417,576 | 340,600 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Guinea | 2 | 1:5,916,908 | 2,656 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
Saou (1,307) may also be a first name.
Saou Demographics
Average Saou Salary in
United States
$19,250 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Saou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Saou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Saou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺻﻮ, Oriya: ସାଓ) is most common in Algeria. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Saou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 82,910th most commonly used last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 1,247,867 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 90 percent of Saou reside; 64 percent reside in North Africa and 63 percent reside in Mahgreb. Saou is also the 217,568th most commonly occurring forename throughout the world, borne by 1,307 people.
The last name Saou is most numerous in Algeria, where it is carried by 3,113 people, or 1 in 12,410. In Algeria it is mostly found in: Oum el-Bouaghi Province, where 23 percent are found, Sétif Province, where 21 percent are found and Chlef Province, where 11 percent are found. Other than Algeria it occurs in 29 countries. It is also common in Togo, where 11 percent are found and Morocco, where 10 percent are found.
Saou Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Saou earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 55.39% less than the national average, earning $19,250 USD per year and in Canada they earn 23.42% less than the national average, earning $38,048 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Saou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Saou in the Oriya language | ||
| ସାଓ | sa'o | - |
| Saou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺻﻮ | sw | 66.67 |
| ﺻﺎﻭ | saw | 33.33 |
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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 Saou
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