Nourou Surname
Approximately 4,370 people bear this surname
Nourou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 1,771 | 1:55,080 | 5,737 |
| Niger | 1,000 | 1:19,192 | 1,216 |
| Benin | 884 | 1:11,692 | 1,602 |
| France | 350 | 1:189,779 | 29,542 |
| Morocco | 170 | 1:202,801 | 34,956 |
| Burkina Faso | 84 | 1:218,477 | 4,567 |
| Cyprus | 47 | 1:18,827 | 2,132 |
| Ivory Coast | 21 | 1:1,098,630 | 25,989 |
| Cameroon | 20 | 1:1,038,453 | 65,513 |
| United Arab Emirates | 9 | 1:1,018,030 | 36,884 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
Nourou (15,338) may also be a first name.
Nourou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nourou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nourou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻧﻮﺭﻭ) occurs more in Ethiopia more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nourou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 106,893rd most frequently held family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 1,667,631 people. The surname Nourou is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Nourou live; 47 percent live in East Africa and 41 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 45,688th most frequently occurring forename at a global level, held by 15,338 people.
This last name is most numerous in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 1,771 people, or 1 in 55,080. Besides Ethiopia this last name exists in 21 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 23 percent reside and Benin, where 20 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nourou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nourou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻧﻮﺭﻭ | nwrw | 76.56 |
| ﻧﻮﺭ | nwr | 23.44 |
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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 Nourou
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