Faourou Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Faourou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Faourou Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon81:2,596,134118,056
Niger41:4,798,00475,547
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705

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

The surname Faourou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻓﺎﻭﻭﺭﻭ) occurs most in Cameroon. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Faourou.

How Common Is The Last Name Faourou? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 5,391,485th most prevalent surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. The surname Faourou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Faourou live; 92 percent live in West Africa and 54 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 2,036,353rd most commonly held given name world-wide, held by 27 people.

This last name is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 2,596,134. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: Far North Region, where 50 percent live and North Region, where 50 percent live. Barring Cameroon Faourou is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 31 percent live and Senegal, where 8 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fouorou8610/
Foourou862/
Faorouz861/
Vaourou861/
Faoro833,203/
Vahourou802/
Faauru774/
Fahuru771/
Faoura771/
Fauaro771/
Foyuru771/
Fouoro771/
Fouoyro7133/
Faourie715/
Faahoro711/
Fasoyiro67211/
Faora678/
Faourieh675/
Faoru672/
Fasoyero671/
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Faourou Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Faourou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻓﺎﻭﻭﺭﻭfawwrw-

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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 Faourou
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