Baraou Surname
Approximately 9,644 people bear this surname
Baraou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 9,161 | 1:2,095 | 232 |
| Morocco | 443 | 1:77,824 | 13,257 |
| France | 29 | 1:2,290,439 | 180,028 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Baraou (6,164) may also be a first name.
Baraou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Baraou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Baraou is carried by more people in Niger than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Baraou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 53,029th most frequently used surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 755,656 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Baraou live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 84,204th most common given name worldwide It is held by 6,164 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Niger, where it is held by 9,161 people, or 1 in 2,095. In Niger it is mostly concentrated in: Maradi Region, where 63 percent live, Tahoua Region, where 19 percent live and Zinder Region, where 11 percent live. Excluding Niger this surname is found in 10 countries. It is also found in Morocco, where 5 percent live and France, where 0 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 Baraou
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