Kaoura Surname
Approximately 2,752 people bear this surname
Kaoura Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 2,288 | 1:8,388 | 658 |
| Benin | 419 | 1:24,667 | 3,301 |
| Greece | 27 | 1:410,363 | 54,524 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kaoura (438) may also be a first name.
Kaoura Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kaoura Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kaoura has its highest incidence in Niger. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kaoura? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kaoura is the 158,650th most frequently used family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 2,648,091 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Kaoura are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 83 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 409,668th most frequent first name world-wide. It is borne by 438 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Niger, where it is carried by 2,288 people, or 1 in 8,388. In Niger it is mostly found in: Maradi Region, where 63 percent reside, Zinder Region, where 20 percent reside and Tahoua Region, where 6 percent reside. Aside from Niger this last name exists in 12 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 15 percent reside and Greece, where 1 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 Kaoura
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