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 surname Kaoura is found most in Niger. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Kaoura click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kaoura? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 158,650th most frequently held family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,648,091 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Kaoura live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 83 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 409,668th most widely held first name worldwide, held by 438 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Niger, where it is held by 2,288 people, or 1 in 8,388. In Niger Kaoura is most numerous in: Maradi Region, where 63 percent live, Zinder Region, where 20 percent live and Tahoua Region, where 6 percent live. Beside Niger this surname exists in 12 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 15 percent live and Greece, 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 Kaoura
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