Oularou Surname
Approximately 70 people bear this surname
Oularou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 69 | 1:278,145 | 8,561 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Oularou (178) may also be a first name.
Oularou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oularou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Oularou is found in Niger more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Oularou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Oularou is the 2,273,756th most frequently occurring surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 104,107,799 people. The surname Oularou is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Oularou live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Chadic Africa. Oularou is also the 683,417th most commonly occurring first name worldwide, held by 178 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Niger, where it is held by 69 people, or 1 in 278,145. In Niger it is primarily found in: Tahoua Region, where 29 percent are found, Dosso Region, where 23 percent are found and Zinder Region, where 22 percent are found. Other than Niger it exists in one country. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 1 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 Oularou
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