Laroua Surname
Approximately 47 people bear this surname
Laroua Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 20 | 1:1,038,453 | 65,513 |
| Benin | 13 | 1:795,046 | 42,452 |
| Congo | 5 | 1:997,819 | 17,129 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Laroua Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Laroua Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Laroua occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Laroua? popularity and diffusion
The last name Laroua is the 2,843,861st most commonly occurring family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 155,054,168 people. Laroua is primarily found in Africa, where 91 percent of Laroua live; 70 percent live in West Africa and 43 percent live in Chadic Africa.
This last name is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is held by 20 people, or 1 in 1,038,453. In Cameroon it is primarily concentrated in: Far North Region, where 95 percent live and Centre Region, where 5 percent live. Not including Cameroon Laroua is found in 7 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 28 percent live and The Congo, where 11 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 Laroua
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