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 surname Saou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺻﻮ, Oriya: ସାଓ) has its highest incidence in Algeria. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Saou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Saou? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 82,910th most commonly occurring surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 1,247,867 people. The last name Saou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 90 percent of Saou live; 64 percent live in North Africa and 63 percent live in Mahgreb. It is also the 217,568th most widespread first name world-wide It is held 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 Saou is most common in: Oum el-Bouaghi Province, where 23 percent reside, Sétif Province, where 21 percent reside and Chlef Province, where 11 percent reside. Besides Algeria this last name exists in 29 countries. It is also found in Togo, where 11 percent reside and Morocco, where 10 percent reside.
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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