Borgou Surname
Approximately 3,177 people bear this surname
Borgou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chad | 3,081 | 1:4,412 | 701 |
| Iraq | 47 | 1:745,142 | 10,632 |
| Benin | 38 | 1:271,990 | 23,227 |
| Tunisia | 9 | 1:67,847 | 8,246 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
Borgou (54) may also be a first name.
Borgou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Borgou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Borgou occurs more in Chad more than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Borgou? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 140,486th most frequent family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 2,293,845 people. The last name Borgou is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Borgou live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Chadic Africa. Borgou is also the 1,350,955th most commonly held forename throughout the world, borne by 54 people.
The surname Borgou is most commonly used in Chad, where it is held by 3,081 people, or 1 in 4,412. Aside from Chad it occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Iraq, where 1 percent live and Benin, where 1 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 Borgou
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