Korau Surname
Approximately 1,729 people bear this surname
Korau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,624 | 1:109,078 | 7,279 |
| Papua New Guinea | 68 | 1:119,908 | 16,326 |
| Germany | 11 | 1:7,318,678 | 235,042 |
| Niger | 10 | 1:1,919,202 | 37,248 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| New Zealand | 5 | 1:905,665 | 45,114 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Korau (819) may also be a first name.
Korau Demographics
Korau Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Korau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Korau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Korau (Hindi: कोराऊ, Marathi: कोरउ) is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Korau? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 233,295th most commonly held family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 4,214,891 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 95 percent of Korau are found; 95 percent are found in West Africa and 94 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 285,591st most frequently occurring first name on earth. It is borne by 819 people.
It is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,624 people, or 1 in 109,078. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Bauchi, where 29 percent are found, Sokoto, where 15 percent are found and Kaduna, where 15 percent are found. Barring Nigeria Korau occurs in 11 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 4 percent are found and Germany, where 1 percent are found.
Korau Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Korau surname is principally Muslim (91%) in Nigeria.
Phonetically Similar Names
Korau Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Korau in the Hindi language | ||
| कोराऊ | kora'u | - |
| Korau in the Marathi language | ||
| कोरउ | kora'u | - |
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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 Korau
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