Sayou Surname
Approximately 1,017 people bear this surname
Sayou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 398 | 1:11,077 | 1,211 |
| Cameroon | 244 | 1:85,119 | 10,334 |
| Morocco | 170 | 1:202,801 | 34,956 |
| France | 100 | 1:664,227 | 85,408 |
| Ivory Coast | 39 | 1:591,570 | 17,665 |
| Indonesia | 30 | 1:4,408,306 | 217,989 |
| Burkina Faso | 9 | 1:2,039,122 | 15,494 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Niger | 6 | 1:3,198,670 | 54,540 |
| Iran | 4 | 1:19,195,631 | 219,601 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Sayou (197) may also be a first name.
Sayou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sayou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sayou occurs more in Liberia more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sayou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 356,968th most commonly used family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 7,165,729 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 86 percent of Sayou live; 46 percent live in West Africa and 39 percent live in Anglo-West Africa. Sayou is also the 646,152nd most frequent forename worldwide It is held by 197 people.
The surname Sayou is most commonly held in Liberia, where it is borne by 398 people, or 1 in 11,077. In Liberia it is most numerous in: Montserrado County, where 39 percent live, Grand Bassa County, where 24 percent live and Nimba County, where 16 percent live. Outside of Liberia it is found in 17 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 24 percent live and Morocco, where 17 percent live.
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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 Sayou
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