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
Sawou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺻﺎﻭ) occurs in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sawou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,746,821st most widespread surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 145,750,918 people. Sawou is predominantly found 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 numerous given name in the world, held by 10 people.
The last name is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 37 people, or 1 in 561,326. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: Littoral Region, where 41 percent are found, West Region, where 41 percent are found and North Region, where 19 percent are found. Excluding Cameroon Sawou exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 12 percent are found and Benin, where 6 percent are found.
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
- 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 Sawou
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