Garoua Surname
Approximately 722 people bear this surname
Garoua Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 704 | 1:29,502 | 3,992 |
| Niger | 10 | 1:1,919,202 | 37,248 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Garoua (714) may also be a first name.
Garoua Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Garoua Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Garoua is found most in Cameroon. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Garoua? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 466,165th most widespread surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 10,093,554 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Garoua reside; 79 percent reside in West Africa and 47 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. Garoua is also the 309,041st most widely held first name internationally, held by 714 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 704 people, or 1 in 29,502. In Cameroon Garoua is most prevalent in: North Region, where 52 percent are found, Far North Region, where 29 percent are found and Adamawa Region, where 13 percent are found. Besides Cameroon this surname is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 1 percent are found and Algeria, where 0 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
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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 Garoua
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