Faourou Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Faourou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 8 | 1:2,596,134 | 118,056 |
| Niger | 4 | 1:4,798,004 | 75,547 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
Faourou (27) may also be a first name.
Faourou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Faourou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Faourou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻓﺎﻭﻭﺭﻭ) occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Faourou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 5,391,485th most frequently held surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. Faourou is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Faourou are found; 92 percent are found in West Africa and 54 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 2,036,353rd most frequently occurring first name globally, borne by 27 people.
The surname Faourou is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 2,596,134. In Cameroon Faourou is mostly concentrated in: Far North Region, where 50 percent live and North Region, where 50 percent live. Outside of Cameroon Faourou occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 31 percent live and Senegal, where 8 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Faourou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Faourou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻓﺎﻭﻭﺭﻭ | fawwrw | - |
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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 Faourou
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