Bororo Surname

693,669th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 426 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Bororo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bororo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania2261:234,25519,221
Kenya611:757,04831,106
Nigeria471:3,768,995108,818
Brazil401:5,351,858134,966
Papua New Guinea391:209,07028,870
Benin21:5,167,80184,334
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
New Caledonia11:276,22310,363
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

The alternate forms: Bororó (3) are calculated separately.

Bororo (341) may also be a first name.

Bororo Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Bororo Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Bororo is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may also be found as: Bororó. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Bororo? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 693,669th most widely held surname in the world, held by around 1 in 17,106,915 people. The surname Bororo is predominantly found in Africa, where 80 percent of Bororo live; 67 percent live in East Africa and 53 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 472,872nd most numerous first name worldwide, held by 341 people.

The last name is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is carried by 226 people, or 1 in 234,255. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Dodoma Region, where 66 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 24 percent live and Iringa Region, where 4 percent live. Not including Tanzania this last name exists in 14 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 14 percent live and Nigeria, where 11 percent live.

Bororo Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bororó943/
Borroro923/
Bororos922/
Bohroro921/
Bororoa921/
Bouroro921/
Bororop921/
Borzoro921/
Bourouro861/
Borourou861/
Bourorou861/
Baroro833,932/
Borero831,149/
Borora83229/
Buroro8379/
Boraro8353/
Beroro8326/
Boruro839/
Uororo832/
Vororo831/
Wororo831/
Bourourou802,233/
Borrero7729,636/
Baroroh773,827/
Borgaro77405/
Bororga77255/
Boráros77238/
Baroero7782/
Borotra7776/
Borzaro7765/
Borraro7745/
Barroro7739/
Borároš7737/
Borerro7717/
Barorot7712/
Bauroro7711/
Boraros778/
Burroro773/
Mpororo772/
Baroroa771/
Boraaro771/
Baroiro771/
Bhuroro771/
Boroora771/
Borharo771/
Bharoro771/
Boraero771/
Burorro771/
Borerou771/
Bourrourou7553/
Botrottrot7510/
Bouhrourou759/
Bourourous754/
Bourorga711,782/
Barroero71691/
Barroroh7133/
Borrerro7111/
Bouroura716/
Basroroh712/
Batrotro711/
Barourou711/
Burorout711/
Barroros711/
Woroross710/
Borura67446/
Barora67442/
Butrotroi6768/
Berora6740/
Burora6738/
Waroro6715/
Voraro6710/
Borera678/
Varoro677/
Borara676/
Bourouras671/
Bahrosroi671/
Woraro671/
Bourourga671/
Bourhoura671/

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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
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  • 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 Bororo
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