Bougourou Surname
Approximately 159 people bear this surname
Bougourou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 157 | 1:65,832 | 8,038 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Bougourou (142) may also be a first name.
Bougourou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bougourou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bougourou is more commonly found in Benin than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Bougourou? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,380,086th most commonly used last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 45,833,622 people. Bougourou is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Bougourou live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 775,413th most frequently held first name at a global level. It is borne by 142 people.
This surname is most frequent in Benin, where it is borne by 157 people, or 1 in 65,832. In Benin it is primarily found in: Borgou Department, where 63 percent are found, Alibori Department, where 25 percent are found and Atakora Department, where 8 percent are found. Not including Benin Bougourou exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 1 percent are found and Niger, 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 Bougourou
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