Sayaou Surname
Approximately 114 people bear this surname
Sayaou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 48 | 1:432,689 | 36,488 |
| Benin | 36 | 1:287,100 | 24,014 |
| Niger | 28 | 1:685,429 | 16,503 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
Sayaou (171) may also be a first name.
Sayaou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sayaou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sayaou is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sayaou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,710,039th most frequently held family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 63,925,841 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sayaou reside; 76 percent reside in West Africa and 32 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 698,971st most frequent first name internationally. It is borne by 171 people.
The surname Sayaou is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 48 people, or 1 in 432,689. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: Far North Region, where 46 percent reside, North Region, where 35 percent reside and Adamawa Region, where 17 percent reside. Without taking into account Cameroon it occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 32 percent reside and Niger, where 25 percent reside.
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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 Sayaou
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