Korao Surname
Approximately 2,404 people bear this surname
Korao Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 2,374 | 1:8,084 | 642 |
| Papua New Guinea | 17 | 1:479,630 | 60,627 |
| India | 9 | 1:85,229,487 | 684,495 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Korao (198) may also be a first name.
Korao Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Korao Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Korao is found most in Niger. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Korao? popularity and diffusion
The last name Korao is the 177,824th most frequently held family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 3,031,425 people. The last name Korao occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Korao live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Chadic Africa. Korao is also the 644,447th most widely held forename in the world. It is borne by 198 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Niger, where it is held by 2,374 people, or 1 in 8,084. In Niger Korao is mostly found in: Tahoua Region, where 60 percent are found, Maradi Region, where 25 percent are found and Zinder Region, where 5 percent are found. Barring Niger this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent are found and India, where 0 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 Korao
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