Saratou Surname
Approximately 1,168 people bear this surname
Saratou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 643 | 1:32,300 | 4,352 |
| Niger | 474 | 1:40,489 | 2,163 |
| Ivory Coast | 30 | 1:769,041 | 20,891 |
| Burkina Faso | 18 | 1:1,019,561 | 10,177 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Saratou (64,575) may also be a first name.
Saratou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Saratou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Saratou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﺎﺭﺓ, Russian: Саратоу) is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Saratou.
How Common Is The Last Name Saratou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 320,056th most widespread surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 6,239,337 people. The last name Saratou is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Saratou live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 69 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 14,886th most commonly held first name throughout the world, borne by 64,575 people.
The last name is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is borne by 643 people, or 1 in 32,300. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: Far North Region, where 76 percent live, North Region, where 21 percent live and Adamawa Region, where 2 percent live. Other than Cameroon Saratou occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 41 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Saratou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Saratou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﺎﺭﺓ | sart | 54.43 |
| ﺻﺎﺭﺓ | sart | 16.46 |
| ﺻﺎﺭﺗﻮ | sartw | 12.66 |
| ﺳﺎﺭﺗﻮ | sartw | 7.59 |
| ﺍﻟﺴﺎﺭﺓ | alsart | 2.53 |
| ﺳﺎﺭﺍﺗﻮ | saratw | 2.53 |
| ﺻﺎﺭﺍﺗﻮ | saratw | 1.27 |
| ﺍﻟﺼﺎﺭﺓ | alsart | 1.27 |
| Saratou in the Russian language | ||
| Саратоу | saratou | - |
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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 Saratou
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