Oroua Surname
Approximately 76 people bear this surname
Oroua Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 56 | 1:184,564 | 17,920 |
| Niger | 13 | 1:1,476,309 | 30,154 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Oroua Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oroua Come From? nationality or country of origin
Oroua is borne by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Oroua.
How Common Is The Last Name Oroua? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,168,711th most numerous family name globally It is held by around 1 in 95,888,762 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Oroua live; 92 percent live in West Africa and 75 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Oroua is most frequently used in Benin, where it is carried by 56 people, or 1 in 184,564. In Benin Oroua is primarily concentrated in: Borgou Department, where 96 percent reside, Atakora Department, where 2 percent reside and Donga Department, where 2 percent reside. Without taking into account Benin Oroua occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 17 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, where 3 percent reside.
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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 Oroua
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