Sogou Surname
Approximately 212 people bear this surname
Sogou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 182 | 1:56,789 | 7,049 |
| Ivory Coast | 24 | 1:961,301 | 23,927 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
Sogou (167) may also be a first name.
Sogou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sogou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sogou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺻﻮﻛﻮ) is found in Benin more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sogou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sogou is the 1,136,896th most numerous surname globally, held by around 1 in 34,375,217 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Sogou live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 708,111th most common first name on earth, held by 167 people.
The last name Sogou is most commonly held in Benin, where it is held by 182 people, or 1 in 56,789. In Benin Sogou is most numerous in: Collines Department, where 47 percent reside, Alibori Department, where 23 percent reside and Borgou Department, where 18 percent reside. Other than Benin it is found in 6 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 11 percent reside and Senegal, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sogou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sogou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺻﻮﻛﻮ | swkw | - |
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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 Sogou
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