Barouga Surname
Approximately 75 people bear this surname
Barouga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 67 | 1:154,263 | 15,890 |
| Niger | 7 | 1:2,741,717 | 49,802 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Barouga (19) may also be a first name.
Barouga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Barouga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Barouga occurs more in Benin more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Barouga? popularity and diffusion
The last name Barouga is the 2,185,341st most frequently used family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 97,167,279 people. The surname Barouga is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Barouga live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 89 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,523,061st most commonly used first name world-wide, held by 19 people.
The last name Barouga is most frequently used in Benin, where it is borne by 67 people, or 1 in 154,263. In Benin Barouga is primarily concentrated in: Borgou Department, where 39 percent are found, Alibori Department, where 31 percent are found and Atakora Department, where 30 percent are found. Excluding Benin it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 9 percent are found and Uganda, where 1 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 Barouga
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