Saouro Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Saouro Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 11 | 1:939,600 | 46,216 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Saouro Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Saouro Come From? nationality or country of origin
Saouro (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﺎﻭﺭﻭ) occurs more in Benin more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Saouro? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 5,213,395th most widely held surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. The last name Saouro is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Saouro live; 93 percent live in West Africa and 79 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most frequently used in Benin, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 939,600. In Benin Saouro is mostly found in: Atakora Department, where 64 percent are found, Borgou Department, where 18 percent are found and Alibori Department, where 9 percent are found. Not including Benin Saouro occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in The Congo, where 7 percent are found and Guinea, where 7 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Saouro Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Saouro in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﺎﻭﺭﻭ | sawrw | - |
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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 Saouro
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