Bourou Surname
Approximately 1,699 people bear this surname
Bourou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 507 | 1:20,386 | 2,723 |
| Mauritania | 300 | 1:13,650 | 1,303 |
| Greece | 264 | 1:41,969 | 6,764 |
| Morocco | 204 | 1:169,000 | 29,345 |
| Cameroon | 129 | 1:161,001 | 17,453 |
| Algeria | 100 | 1:386,316 | 33,655 |
| Niger | 82 | 1:234,049 | 7,581 |
| France | 32 | 1:2,075,710 | 171,237 |
| Ivory Coast | 30 | 1:769,041 | 20,891 |
| Burkina Faso | 18 | 1:1,019,561 | 10,177 |
| Senegal | 13 | 1:1,121,488 | 3,334 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
Bourou (795) may also be a first name.
Bourou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bourou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bourou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻮﺭﻭ) occurs in Benin more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Bourou? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 236,504th most commonly held surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 4,289,315 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 80 percent of Bourou are found; 62 percent are found in West Africa and 31 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Bourou is also the 290,366th most prevalent first name in the world, held by 795 people.
Bourou is most prevalent in Benin, where it is borne by 507 people, or 1 in 20,386. In Benin Bourou is mostly concentrated in: Borgou Department, where 61 percent reside, Atakora Department, where 23 percent reside and Alibori Department, where 12 percent reside. Barring Benin this last name occurs in 22 countries. It is also common in Mauritania, where 18 percent reside and Greece, where 16 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bourou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bourou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻮﺭﻭ | bwrw | 76.67 |
| ﺑﻮﺭ | bwr | 23.33 |
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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 Bourou
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