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 last name Saoua is found in The Ivory Coast more than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Saoua? popularity and diffusion
The last name Saoua is the 1,441,361st most frequently occurring family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 48,909,704 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 81 percent of Saoua live; 72 percent live in West Africa and 34 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 408,221st most common first name throughout the world, held by 441 people.
The surname is most widely held in The Ivory Coast, where it is carried by 90 people, or 1 in 256,347. In The Ivory Coast Saoua is primarily concentrated in: Gôh-Djiboua District, where 44 percent are found, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 28 percent are found and Sassandra-Marahoué District, where 20 percent are found. Other than The Ivory Coast it occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 23 percent are found and Morocco, where 6 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
- 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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