Kourau Surname
Approximately 11 people bear this surname
Kourau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 10 | 1:815,372 | 88,623 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Kourau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kourau Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kourau is found most in Papua New Guinea. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kourau? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 5,812,366th most numerous surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. This last name is primarily found in Oceania, where 91 percent of Kourau are found; 91 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 91 percent are found in Papuan Oceania.
The last name Kourau is most frequent in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 815,372. In Papua New Guinea Kourau is most numerous in: Bougainville, where 90 percent live and Madang, where 10 percent live. Apart from Papua New Guinea it occurs in one country. It is also found in Cameroon, where 9 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
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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 Kourau
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