Gorou Surname
Approximately 5,129 people bear this surname
Gorou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 3,280 | 1:5,595 | 623 |
| Chad | 867 | 1:15,677 | 1,955 |
| Togo | 630 | 1:11,504 | 2,968 |
| Ivory Coast | 187 | 1:123,376 | 6,051 |
| Benin | 40 | 1:258,390 | 22,474 |
| Greece | 27 | 1:410,363 | 54,524 |
| Belgium | 24 | 1:479,027 | 47,365 |
| Niger | 19 | 1:1,010,106 | 22,252 |
| United States | 16 | 1:22,653,683 | 662,747 |
| Papua New Guinea | 13 | 1:627,209 | 74,307 |
| Mauritania | 7 | 1:584,980 | 20,004 |
| Germany | 6 | 1:13,417,576 | 340,600 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
Gorou (215) may also be a first name.
Gorou Demographics
Average Gorou Salary in
United States
$48,125 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
View the highest/lowest earning families in The United States
Gorou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gorou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gorou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻮﺭﻭ) occurs more in Burkina Faso more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gorou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 93,099th most numerous last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 1,420,851 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Gorou reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 51 percent reside in Mande Africa. Gorou is also the 616,131st most commonly occurring first name world-wide. It is borne by 215 people.
The surname Gorou is most common in Burkina Faso, where it is held by 3,280 people, or 1 in 5,595. In Burkina Faso Gorou is mostly found in: Boucle du Mouhoun Region, where 84 percent reside, Hauts-Bassins Region, where 6 percent reside and Centre Region, where 6 percent reside. Not including Burkina Faso Gorou is found in 22 countries. It also occurs in Chad, where 17 percent reside and Togo, where 12 percent reside.
Gorou Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Gorou surname are 53.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 100% registered with the political party.
Gorou earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 11.53% more than the national average, earning $48,125 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gorou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gorou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻮﺭﻭ | kwrw | - |
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Gorou
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis