Koraou Surname
Approximately 4,731 people bear this surname
Koraou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 4,722 | 1:4,064 | 388 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Koraou (553) may also be a first name.
Koraou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Koraou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Koraou is found most frequently in Niger. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Koraou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Koraou is the 99,944th most frequently used last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 1,540,382 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Koraou live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 357,892nd most frequently occurring first name on earth. It is borne by 553 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Niger, where it is held by 4,722 people, or 1 in 4,064. In Niger Koraou is mostly concentrated in: Maradi Region, where 40 percent live, Tahoua Region, where 21 percent live and Zinder Region, where 12 percent live. Besides Niger it occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 0 percent live and Benin, where 0 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 Koraou
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