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 is found in Niger more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kaoura? popularity and diffusion
Kaoura is the 158,650th most numerous family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 2,648,091 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Kaoura reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 83 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 409,668th most widely held first name on earth It is held by 438 people.
The surname Kaoura is most numerous in Niger, where it is borne by 2,288 people, or 1 in 8,388. In Niger Kaoura is mostly concentrated in: Maradi Region, where 63 percent are found, Zinder Region, where 20 percent are found and Tahoua Region, where 6 percent are found. Not including Niger it exists in 12 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 15 percent are found and Greece, where 1 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 Kaoura
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