Sobou Surname
Approximately 948 people bear this surname
Sobou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 795 | 1:23,084 | 1,499 |
| Benin | 45 | 1:229,680 | 20,839 |
| Ivory Coast | 30 | 1:769,041 | 20,891 |
| Cameroon | 29 | 1:716,175 | 51,453 |
| Liberia | 25 | 1:176,341 | 12,123 |
| Papua New Guinea | 13 | 1:627,209 | 74,307 |
| Niger | 5 | 1:3,838,403 | 64,195 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
Sobou (130) may also be a first name.
Sobou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sobou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sobou occurs in Burkina Faso more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sobou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 377,044th most common surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 7,687,285 people. Sobou is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Sobou are found; 94 percent are found in West Africa and 91 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 814,623rd most common first name in the world. It is borne by 130 people.
The last name is most common in Burkina Faso, where it is borne by 795 people, or 1 in 23,084. In Burkina Faso Sobou is primarily concentrated in: Sahel Region, where 84 percent live, Est Region, where 15 percent live and Centre Region, where 0 percent live. Not including Burkina Faso this surname exists in 9 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 5 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 3 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 Sobou
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