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
Korou is found in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Korou? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 163,562nd most widespread last name in the world, held by around 1 in 2,744,838 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 87 percent of Korou reside; 82 percent reside in West Africa and 54 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Korou is also the 154,354th most commonly held forename worldwide, held by 2,324 people.
This surname is most commonly used 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 live, North Region, where 14 percent live and Adamawa Region, where 0 percent live. Excluding Cameroon this last name is found in 14 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 17 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 8 percent live.
Korou Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Korou 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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