Horou Surname
Approximately 2,474 people bear this surname
Horou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Togo | 2,310 | 1:3,138 | 456 |
| Papua New Guinea | 127 | 1:64,202 | 8,352 |
| Benin | 17 | 1:607,977 | 36,930 |
| Niger | 17 | 1:1,128,942 | 24,295 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Horou (133) may also be a first name.
Horou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Horou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Horou has its highest incidence in Togo. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Horou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Horou is the 173,647th most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 2,945,653 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Horou reside; 95 percent reside in West Africa and 94 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 804,402nd most commonly held first name internationally, borne by 133 people.
The last name is most widely held in Togo, where it is carried by 2,310 people, or 1 in 3,138. Aside from Togo this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 5 percent live and Benin, where 1 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 Horou
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