Sougue Surname
Approximately 5,901 people bear this surname
Sougue Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 5,183 | 1:3,541 | 438 |
| Djibouti | 350 | 1:2,614 | 242 |
| Ivory Coast | 332 | 1:69,492 | 3,923 |
| Cameroon | 16 | 1:1,298,067 | 76,941 |
| Senegal | 11 | 1:1,325,395 | 3,666 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Sougue (92) may also be a first name.
Sougue Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sougue Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sougue (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻮﻛﻪ) occurs in Burkina Faso more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Sougue.
How Common Is The Last Name Sougue? popularity and diffusion
It is the 82,165th most widely held last name internationally, held by around 1 in 1,234,968 people. Sougue occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Sougue reside; 92 percent reside in West Africa and 82 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 992,070th most commonly held given name world-wide It is held by 92 people.
It is most prevalent in Burkina Faso, where it is borne by 5,183 people, or 1 in 3,541. In Burkina Faso Sougue is most common in: Boucle du Mouhoun Region, where 71 percent live, Centre Region, where 12 percent live and Hauts-Bassins Region, where 11 percent live. Outside of Burkina Faso this surname occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in Djibouti, where 6 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 6 percent live.
Sougue Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Sougue has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Sougue surname increased 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sougue Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sougue in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﻮﻛﻪ | swkh | 66.67 |
| ﺳﻮﻗﻪ | swqh | 33.33 |
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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 Sougue
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