Sawou Surname
Approximately 50 people bear this surname
Sawou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 37 | 1:561,326 | 43,620 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
Sawou (10) may also be a first name.
Sawou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sawou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sawou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺻﺎﻭ) is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Sawou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sawou? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,746,821st most frequently used last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 145,750,918 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 88 percent of Sawou reside; 60 percent reside in Central Africa and 60 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Sawou is also the 3,684,242nd most frequent first name on earth. It is borne by 10 people.
Sawou is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is carried by 37 people, or 1 in 561,326. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: Littoral Region, where 41 percent reside, West Region, where 41 percent reside and North Region, where 19 percent reside. Beside Cameroon it exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 12 percent reside and Benin, where 6 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sawou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sawou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺻﺎﻭ | saw | - |
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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
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- 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 Sawou
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