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 in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Garoua? popularity and diffusion
Garoua is the 466,165th most widely held family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 10,093,554 people. The surname Garoua is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Garoua reside; 79 percent reside in West Africa and 47 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 309,041st most commonly used first name at a global level. It is borne by 714 people.
Garoua is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is carried by 704 people, or 1 in 29,502. In Cameroon Garoua is mostly concentrated in: North Region, where 52 percent reside, Far North Region, where 29 percent reside and Adamawa Region, where 13 percent reside. Not including Cameroon this surname occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 1 percent reside and Algeria, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Garoua
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