Kourouba Surname
Approximately 159 people bear this surname
Kourouba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 146 | 1:70,792 | 8,548 |
| Burkina Faso | 10 | 1:1,835,210 | 14,348 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Kourouba (477) may also be a first name.
Kourouba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kourouba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kourouba is more commonly found in Benin than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kourouba? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,380,086th most frequently held family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 45,833,622 people. The surname Kourouba is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Kourouba live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kourouba is also the 389,495th most frequent given name in the world, held by 477 people.
The surname Kourouba is most widely held in Benin, where it is borne by 146 people, or 1 in 70,792. In Benin Kourouba is most prevalent in: Alibori Department, where 99 percent live and Borgou Department, where 1 percent live. Apart from Benin it occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Burkina Faso, where 6 percent live and Algeria, where 1 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
- 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 Kourouba
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