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
Sougour (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻮﻛﺮ) occurs in Chad more than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of Sougour click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sougour? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 213,544th most frequently occurring surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,779,847 people. The last name Sougour occurs predominantly 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 Sougour is most commonly used in Chad, where it is held by 1,926 people, or 1 in 7,057. Outside of Chad it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Mauritania, where 0 percent are found and South Africa, where 0 percent are found.
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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