Botorou Surname
Approximately 45 people bear this surname
Botorou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 43 | 1:240,363 | 21,480 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Botorou (18) may also be a first name.
Botorou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Botorou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Botorou is found most frequently in Benin. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Botorou? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,909,720th most commonly held last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 161,945,465 people. Botorou occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Botorou live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,608,198th most widespread first name internationally, held by 18 people.
The surname is most frequent in Benin, where it is borne by 43 people, or 1 in 240,363. In Benin it is mostly concentrated in: Alibori Department, where 53 percent reside and Borgou Department, where 47 percent reside. Excluding Benin Botorou exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Burkina Faso, where 2 percent reside and Niger, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Botorou
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