Baourou Surname
Approximately 95 people bear this surname
Baourou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 49 | 1:423,859 | 35,946 |
| Benin | 34 | 1:303,988 | 24,879 |
| Niger | 11 | 1:1,744,729 | 34,351 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
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
The surname Baourou is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Baourou.
How Common Is The Last Name Baourou? popularity and diffusion
Baourou is the 1,907,068th most commonly occurring last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 76,711,010 people. The last name Baourou occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Baourou reside; 49 percent reside in Central Africa and 47 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 840,349th most frequently occurring first name in the world, borne by 123 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is carried by 49 people, or 1 in 423,859. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: East Region, where 51 percent live, Centre Region, where 31 percent live and West Region, where 6 percent live. Apart from Cameroon this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 36 percent live and Niger, where 12 percent live.
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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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