Baourou Surname

1,907,068th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 95 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Monaco

Baourou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Baourou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon491:423,85935,946
Benin341:303,98824,879
Niger111:1,744,72934,351
Monaco11:37,0664,748

Baourou (123) may also be a first name.

Baourou Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Baourou Come From? nationality or country of origin

Baourou occurs in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Baourou? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,907,068th most numerous last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 76,711,010 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Baourou reside; 49 percent reside in Central Africa and 47 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Baourou is also the 840,349th most frequently used first name worldwide, borne by 123 people.

This last name is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is held by 49 people, or 1 in 423,859. In Cameroon Baourou is most common in: East Region, where 51 percent reside, Centre Region, where 31 percent reside and West Region, where 6 percent reside. Besides Cameroon Baourou is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 36 percent reside and Niger, where 12 percent reside.

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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 Baourou
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