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 more in Burkina Faso more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sobou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 377,044th most commonly used last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 7,687,285 people. This surname is predominantly 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 commonly used given name at a global level, borne by 130 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Burkina Faso, where it is held by 795 people, or 1 in 23,084. In Burkina Faso Sobou is mostly found in: Sahel Region, where 84 percent are found, Est Region, where 15 percent are found and Centre Region, where 0 percent are found. Excluding Burkina Faso this surname exists in 9 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 5 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 3 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 Sobou
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