Kourou Surname
Approximately 3,295 people bear this surname
Kourou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greece | 1,083 | 1:10,231 | 1,314 |
| Iraq | 608 | 1:57,601 | 2,166 |
| Cameroon | 399 | 1:52,053 | 6,796 |
| Morocco | 307 | 1:112,300 | 19,480 |
| Niger | 251 | 1:76,462 | 3,364 |
| Syria | 238 | 1:81,097 | 3,187 |
| Congo | 83 | 1:60,110 | 5,403 |
| Ivory Coast | 66 | 1:349,564 | 12,508 |
| Benin | 63 | 1:164,057 | 16,557 |
| Jordan | 55 | 1:160,772 | 8,687 |
| Cyprus | 25 | 1:35,395 | 3,988 |
| Belgium | 15 | 1:766,443 | 63,354 |
| Mauritania | 14 | 1:292,490 | 12,957 |
| Burkina Faso | 13 | 1:1,411,700 | 12,072 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| Iran | 8 | 1:9,597,816 | 173,045 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| Lebanon | 7 | 1:805,298 | 15,541 |
| Tunisia | 5 | 1:122,125 | 16,050 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Algeria | 5 | 1:7,726,310 | 57,379 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| Chile | 4 | 1:4,404,118 | 44,633 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
Kourou (2,183) may also be a first name.
Kourou Demographics
Kourou Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Kourou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kourou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kourou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻮﺭﻭ) is most common in Greece. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kourou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 136,245th most frequently held family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 2,211,698 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 36 percent of Kourou are found; 34 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 34 percent are found in Helleno-Europe. It is also the 160,391st most prevalent first name globally, borne by 2,183 people.
It is most commonly held in Greece, where it is borne by 1,083 people, or 1 in 10,231. In Greece Kourou is most numerous in: East Macedonia and Thrace, where 24 percent live, Attica, where 23 percent live and South Aegean, where 10 percent live. Outside of Greece it is found in 34 countries. It also occurs in Iraq, where 18 percent live and Cameroon, where 12 percent live.
Kourou Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Kourou last name is principally Syriac Orthodox (83%) in Lebanon.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kourou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kourou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻮﺭﻭ | kwrw | - |
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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 Kourou
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