Ourah Surname
Approximately 180 people bear this surname
Ourah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 174 | 1:132,593 | 6,418 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
Ourah (40) may also be a first name.
Ourah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ourah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ourah is borne by more people in The Ivory Coast than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ourah? popularity and diffusion
Ourah is the 1,272,314th most widely held surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 40,486,366 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 63 percent of Ourah live; 62 percent live in West Africa and 60 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ourah is also the 1,614,485th most widespread first name on earth, held by 40 people.
The surname Ourah is most commonly held in The Ivory Coast, where it is held by 174 people, or 1 in 132,593. In The Ivory Coast Ourah is primarily concentrated in: Abidjan Autonomous District, where 37 percent are found, Vallée du Bandama District, where 16 percent are found and Montagnes District, where 12 percent are found. Barring The Ivory Coast Ourah exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Algeria, where 1 percent are found and Benin, 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
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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 Ourah
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