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Throughout the world, Satou (サトウ , Satou , Сату ) is quite a rare epicene first name. The given name Satou is habitual in Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly Gambia, where it is quite a rare girly name, Senegal, and Cameroon, where it is a rare feminine name. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in Senegal, Cameroon, and Japan. Very seldom, Satou is the last name as well as the forename.
Satou is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: .