Khourou Surname
Approximately 155 people bear this surname
Khourou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 154 | 1:26,590 | 2,261 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
Khourou (11) may also be a first name.
Khourou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Khourou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Khourou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺧﻮﺭﻭ) is found in Mauritania more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Khourou? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,403,590th most frequently occurring family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 47,016,425 people. The last name Khourou occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Khourou are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. Khourou is also the 3,487,849th most frequent forename worldwide. It is borne by 11 people.
The surname Khourou is most frequent in Mauritania, where it is held by 154 people, or 1 in 26,590. In Mauritania Khourou is most numerous in: Adrar Region, where 36 percent live, Tiris Zemmour Region, where 27 percent live and Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, where 18 percent live. Apart from Mauritania this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in Morocco, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Khourou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Khourou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺧﻮﺭﻭ | khwrw | 84.52 |
| ﺧﻮﺭ | khwr | 15.48 |
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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
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- 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 Khourou
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