Sougour Surname
Approximately 1,928 people bear this surname
Sougour Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chad | 1,926 | 1:7,057 | 1,004 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Sougour Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sougour Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sougour (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻮﻛﺮ) is carried by more people in Chad than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sougour? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 213,544th most commonly held surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 3,779,847 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sougour are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Chadic Africa.
The surname is most common in Chad, where it is held by 1,926 people, or 1 in 7,057. Beside Chad this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Mauritania, where 0 percent live and South Africa, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sougour Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sougour in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﻮﻛﺮ | swkr | - |
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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
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- 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 Sougour
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