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
The last name Oularou is found most frequently in Niger. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Oularou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Oularou is the 2,273,756th most commonly used last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 104,107,799 people. The last name Oularou is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Oularou are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 683,417th most prevalent first name at a global level, held by 178 people.
The last name Oularou is most frequently used in Niger, where it is borne by 69 people, or 1 in 278,145. In Niger Oularou is primarily concentrated in: Tahoua Region, where 29 percent live, Dosso Region, where 23 percent live and Zinder Region, where 22 percent live. Not including Niger this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 1 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 Oularou
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