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
Laroua is found most frequently in Cameroon. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Laroua? popularity and diffusion
The last name Laroua is the 2,843,861st most frequently occurring family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 155,054,168 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 91 percent of Laroua are found; 70 percent are found in West Africa and 43 percent are found in Chadic Africa.
This surname is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is held by 20 people, or 1 in 1,038,453. In Cameroon Laroua is most common in: Far North Region, where 95 percent are found and Centre Region, where 5 percent are found. Without taking into account Cameroon this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 28 percent are found and The Congo, where 11 percent are found.
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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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