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 surname Khourou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺧﻮﺭﻭ) is carried by more people in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Khourou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Khourou is the 1,403,590th most numerous surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 47,016,425 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Khourou live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Senegambia Africa. Khourou is also the 3,487,849th most commonly used first name throughout the world. It is borne by 11 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Mauritania, where it is held by 154 people, or 1 in 26,590. In Mauritania Khourou is mostly found in: Adrar Region, where 36 percent reside, Tiris Zemmour Region, where 27 percent reside and Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, where 18 percent reside. Other than Mauritania this surname is found in one country. It is also found in Morocco, where 1 percent reside.
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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