Saraou Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Saraou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 6 | 1:3,198,670 | 54,540 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Saraou (534) may also be a first name.
Saraou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Saraou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Saraou occurs most in Niger. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Saraou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 6,360,413th most frequently used family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. The surname Saraou is mostly found in Africa, where 89 percent of Saraou live; 89 percent live in West Africa and 89 percent live in Chadic Africa. Saraou is also the 364,930th most numerous first name world-wide. It is borne by 534 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Niger, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 3,198,670. In Niger Saraou is mostly concentrated in: Maradi Region, where 33 percent reside, Niamey Capital District, where 33 percent reside and Tahoua Region, where 17 percent reside. Apart from Niger this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 11 percent reside and Chad, where 11 percent reside.
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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 Saraou
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