Korou Surname
Approximately 2,655 people bear this surname
Korou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 1,654 | 1:12,557 | 1,691 |
| Benin | 456 | 1:22,666 | 3,044 |
| Papua New Guinea | 214 | 1:38,101 | 4,596 |
| Kenya | 140 | 1:329,856 | 20,127 |
| Greece | 96 | 1:115,414 | 19,400 |
| Nigeria | 42 | 1:4,217,685 | 117,088 |
| Niger | 20 | 1:959,601 | 21,357 |
| Ivory Coast | 12 | 1:1,922,603 | 35,802 |
| Indonesia | 9 | 1:14,694,355 | 460,137 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
Korou (2,324) may also be a first name.
Korou Demographics
Korou Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Korou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Korou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Korou is found most in Cameroon. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Korou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 163,562nd most widely held surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 2,744,838 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 87 percent of Korou reside; 82 percent reside in West Africa and 54 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 154,354th most commonly used first name in the world, borne by 2,324 people.
This last name is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is carried by 1,654 people, or 1 in 12,557. In Cameroon it is primarily concentrated in: Far North Region, where 85 percent reside, North Region, where 14 percent reside and Adamawa Region, where 0 percent reside. Barring Cameroon this surname exists in 14 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 17 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 8 percent reside.
Korou Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Korou
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