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
Bougourou occurs in Benin more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Bougourou? popularity and diffusion
Bougourou is the 1,380,086th most commonly occurring surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 45,833,622 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Bougourou are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 775,413th most frequently occurring forename internationally, borne by 142 people.
The surname Bougourou is most frequently occurring in Benin, where it is borne by 157 people, or 1 in 65,832. In Benin it is most frequent in: Borgou Department, where 63 percent are found, Alibori Department, where 25 percent are found and Atakora Department, where 8 percent are found. Excluding Benin this surname occurs 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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