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
The surname Sawoura has its highest incidence in Burkina Faso. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Sawoura click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sawoura? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,530,696th most frequently occurring last name on earth, held by around 1 in 125,647,343 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sawoura live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 64 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Sawoura is also the 2,523,061st most frequently held first name worldwide, held by 19 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Burkina Faso, where it is held by 37 people, or 1 in 496,003. In Burkina Faso it is mostly concentrated in: Centre Region, where 100 percent are found. Barring Burkina Faso this surname exists 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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