Sourou Surname
Approximately 14,365 people bear this surname
Sourou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 10,786 | 1:9,044 | 1,383 |
| Benin | 1,710 | 1:6,044 | 811 |
| Togo | 1,260 | 1:5,752 | 1,143 |
| Burkina Faso | 260 | 1:70,585 | 2,670 |
| Ivory Coast | 190 | 1:121,428 | 5,978 |
| Niger | 79 | 1:242,937 | 7,779 |
| France | 27 | 1:2,460,101 | 186,232 |
| Cameroon | 18 | 1:1,153,837 | 70,128 |
| United States | 10 | 1:36,245,893 | 832,629 |
| Mauritania | 9 | 1:454,985 | 17,374 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
Sourou (24,734) may also be a first name.
Sourou Demographics
Average Sourou Salary in
United States
$58,667 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Sourou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sourou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sourou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺻﻮﺭﻭ) is found most frequently in Ethiopia. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sourou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sourou is the 36,712th most frequent last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 507,313 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Sourou reside; 75 percent reside in East Africa and 75 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. Sourou is also the 32,289th most commonly held first name on earth It is held by 24,734 people.
The last name Sourou is most commonly used in Ethiopia, where it is held by 10,786 people, or 1 in 9,044. Barring Ethiopia Sourou is found in 16 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 12 percent live and Togo, where 9 percent live.
Sourou Last Name Statistics demography
Sourou earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 35.96% more than the national average, earning $58,667 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sourou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sourou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺻﻮﺭﻭ | swrw | 57.14 |
| ﺳﻮﺭﻭ | swrw | 42.86 |
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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 Sourou
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