Sawadogo Surname

515th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,043,591 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Burkina Faso
Highest density in:
Burkina Faso

Sawadogo Surname User-submission:

This surname means 'rainmaker'.

Sawadogo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Burkina Faso1,027,5411:182
Mali8,3251:2,038185
Ivory Coast4,0571:5,687525
Ghana9011:29,9903,547
Togo8401:8,6282,051
Gabon5051:3,741657
France4321:153,75623,866
Morocco3751:91,93615,801
United States1651:2,196,721138,143
Niger881:218,0917,183
Canada571:646,41452,764
Senegal501:291,5871,651
Benin441:234,90021,145
Belgium431:267,36432,244
Germany161:5,031,591189,895
England161:3,482,379114,324
Guinea121:986,1511,312
Iceland111:34,5542,447
South Africa101:5,417,770150,016
Saudi Arabia91:3,428,42432,607
Switzerland61:1,368,81977,571
Denmark51:1,128,94352,970
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
Nigeria51:35,428,552388,973
Italy51:12,231,338126,430
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Equatorial Guinea41:283,918487
Sierra Leone41:1,772,408958
Greece41:2,769,948101,568
Tunisia41:152,65617,743
Taiwan31:7,814,91541,694
China31:455,773,85521,925
United Arab Emirates31:3,054,09190,853
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Liberia21:2,204,26840,131
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Namibia21:1,204,70016,113
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Syria21:9,650,51117,817
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Central African Republic11:4,515,3901,196
Cape Verde11:529,6426,792
Burundi11:9,804,8522,349
Austria11:8,515,435118,036

Sawadogo (1,069) may also be a first name.

Sawadogo Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This surname means 'rainmaker'.

- efia.ds

Sawadogo Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Sawadogo Come From? nationality or country of origin

Sawadogo occurs more in Burkina Faso more than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sawadogo? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 515th most frequently used surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 6,983 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sawadogo reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 89 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 244,625th most prevalent first name on earth, held by 1,069 people.

Sawadogo is most frequently held in Burkina Faso, where it is held by 1,027,541 people, or 1 in 18. In Burkina Faso Sawadogo is most common in: Centre-Nord Region, where 43 percent reside, Centre Region, where 12 percent reside and Hauts-Bassins Region, where 9 percent reside. Aside from Burkina Faso this last name exists in 61 countries. It is also common in Mali, where 1 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, where 0 percent reside.

Sawadogo Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Sawadogo surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 100% registered with the political party.

The amount Sawadogo earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 5.8% less than the national average, earning $40,645 USD per year and in Canada they earn 37.9% less than the national average, earning $30,852 CAD per year.

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