Sorou Surname
Approximately 476 people bear this surname
Sorou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iraq | 241 | 1:145,318 | 3,824 |
| Benin | 111 | 1:93,114 | 10,737 |
| Papua New Guinea | 60 | 1:135,895 | 18,658 |
| Greece | 27 | 1:410,363 | 54,524 |
| Burkina Faso | 11 | 1:1,668,373 | 13,584 |
| Nigeria | 11 | 1:16,103,887 | 259,204 |
| Lebanon | 4 | 1:1,409,271 | 19,641 |
| Syria | 4 | 1:4,825,256 | 12,827 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
Sorou (308) may also be a first name.
Sorou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sorou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sorou (Russian: Сороу) is more frequently found in Iraq than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Sorou.
How Common Is The Last Name Sorou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 639,219th most frequently held surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 15,309,970 people. The surname Sorou occurs predominantly in Asia, where 53 percent of Sorou live; 52 percent live in West Asia and 52 percent live in Levant. Sorou is also the 501,377th most frequent given name throughout the world It is held by 308 people.
It is most common in Iraq, where it is carried by 241 people, or 1 in 145,318. Beside Iraq this last name exists in 12 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 23 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 13 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sorou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sorou in the Russian language | ||
| Сороу | sorou | - |
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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 Sorou
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