Saoua Surname
Approximately 149 people bear this surname
Saoua Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 90 | 1:256,347 | 10,121 |
| Niger | 35 | 1:548,343 | 14,024 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Saoua (441) may also be a first name.
Saoua Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Saoua Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Saoua is found in The Ivory Coast more than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Saoua? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,441,361st most prevalent last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 48,909,704 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 81 percent of Saoua reside; 72 percent reside in West Africa and 34 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Saoua is also the 408,221st most frequently occurring first name at a global level. It is borne by 441 people.
The last name is most widely held in The Ivory Coast, where it is borne by 90 people, or 1 in 256,347. In The Ivory Coast it is mostly found in: Gôh-Djiboua District, where 44 percent live, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 28 percent live and Sassandra-Marahoué District, where 20 percent live. Besides The Ivory Coast Saoua exists in 10 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 23 percent live and Morocco, where 6 percent live.
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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 Saoua
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