Kouraogo Surname

16,322nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 34,049 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Burkina Faso
Highest density in:
Burkina Faso

Kouraogo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kouraogo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Burkina Faso33,6801:54580
Ivory Coast3301:69,9133,940
Belgium121:958,05473,966
Togo91:805,3086,372
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
France21:33,211,361423,184
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Mali11:16,969,0354,067
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Kouraogo (156) may also be a first name.

Kouraogo Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kouraogo Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Kouraogo is borne by more people in Burkina Faso than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kouraogo? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 16,322nd most prevalent surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 214,031 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kouraogo live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 89 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kouraogo is also the 735,679th most widely held first name worldwide It is held by 156 people.

Kouraogo is most frequently used in Burkina Faso, where it is held by 33,680 people, or 1 in 545. In Burkina Faso Kouraogo is mostly concentrated in: Centre-Est Region, where 32 percent reside, Centre Region, where 16 percent reside and Centre-Ouest Region, where 11 percent reside. Besides Burkina Faso Kouraogo exists in 13 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 1 percent reside and Belgium, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kouraogho945/
Kouraogou941/
Kouraogoa941/
Kouraaogo941/
Kuraogo9319/
Koraogo938/
Couraogo8812/
Kouraoga885/
Kouroago882/
Koiraogo881/
Kourouago821/
Karaogo80354/
Koroyogo751/
Karaogoz751/
Karayiogou671/
Kargouogou671/
Karaoga671/
Karahoga631/
Corahonga591/
Karoaga531/

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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
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  • 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 Kouraogo
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