Souabou Surname

754,238th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 380 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Burkina Faso
Highest density in:
Burkina Faso

Souabou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Souabou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Burkina Faso2281:80,4922,846
Cameroon1201:173,07618,427
Niger231:834,43619,133
Benin61:1,722,60061,769
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705

Souabou (193) may also be a first name.

Souabou Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Souabou Come From? nationality or country of origin

Souabou occurs most in Burkina Faso. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Souabou? popularity and diffusion

Souabou is the 754,238th most common surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 19,177,752 people. The last name Souabou occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Souabou are found; 88 percent are found in West Africa and 62 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 653,740th most frequently used first name globally It is held by 193 people.

The surname Souabou is most frequent in Burkina Faso, where it is borne by 228 people, or 1 in 80,492. In Burkina Faso it is most common in: Est Region, where 91 percent live, Centre Region, where 8 percent live and Boucle du Mouhoun Region, where 0 percent live. Outside of Burkina Faso it exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 32 percent live and Niger, where 6 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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Souabou
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