Garaou Surname
Approximately 28 people bear this surname
Garaou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 20 | 1:516,780 | 33,864 |
| Niger | 8 | 1:2,399,002 | 43,750 |
Garaou (21) may also be a first name.
Garaou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Garaou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Garaou is borne by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Garaou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Garaou is the 3,730,171st most frequently held family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Garaou are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 71 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,368,944th most commonly occurring given name at a global level It is held by 21 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Benin, where it is carried by 20 people, or 1 in 516,780. In Benin it is most common in: Donga Department, where 90 percent live, Atakora Department, where 5 percent live and Borgou Department, where 5 percent live. Apart from Benin this surname is found in one country. It is also common in Niger, where 29 percent live.
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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 Garaou
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