Sawoura Surname
Approximately 58 people bear this surname
Sawoura Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 37 | 1:496,003 | 6,910 |
| Cameroon | 21 | 1:989,003 | 63,570 |
Sawoura (19) may also be a first name.
Sawoura Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sawoura Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sawoura is more commonly found in Burkina Faso than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sawoura? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,530,696th most common surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 125,647,343 people. The last name Sawoura is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sawoura are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 64 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Sawoura is also the 2,523,061st most widely held first name worldwide, borne by 19 people.
The surname Sawoura is most frequently occurring in Burkina Faso, where it is held by 37 people, or 1 in 496,003. In Burkina Faso it is primarily concentrated in: Centre Region, where 100 percent are found. Apart from Burkina Faso this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Cameroon, where 36 percent are found.
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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 Sawoura
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