Jorou Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Jorou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Jorou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jorou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Jorou is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Jorou? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 6,723,624th most frequently held surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname Jorou is predominantly found in Africa, where 63 percent of Jorou live; 63 percent live in West Africa and 63 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 35,428,552. In Nigeria it is most common in: Gombe, where 100 percent are found. Barring Nigeria this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 25 percent are found and Switzerland, where 13 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
- 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 Jorou
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