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
The surname Baraou is held by more people in Niger than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Baraou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Baraou is the 53,029th most commonly held family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 755,656 people. The last name Baraou is primarily found 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 frequent given name in the world. It is borne by 6,164 people.
This last name is most widely held in Niger, where it is held by 9,161 people, or 1 in 2,095. In Niger Baraou is mostly concentrated in: Maradi Region, where 63 percent are found, Tahoua Region, where 19 percent are found and Zinder Region, where 11 percent are found. Not including Niger this last name is found in 10 countries. It is also found in Morocco, where 5 percent are found and France, where 0 percent are found.
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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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