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
The last name Oroua occurs in Benin more than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Oroua? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,168,711th most frequently held surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 95,888,762 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 92 percent of Oroua reside; 92 percent reside in West Africa and 75 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Oroua is most commonly used in Benin, where it is held by 56 people, or 1 in 184,564. In Benin Oroua is primarily concentrated in: Borgou Department, where 96 percent live, Atakora Department, where 2 percent live and Donga Department, where 2 percent live. Aside from Benin this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 17 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 3 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 Oroua
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