Ouratou Surname
Approximately 296 people bear this surname
Ouratou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 295 | 1:70,404 | 8,845 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Ouratou (2,022) may also be a first name.
Ouratou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ouratou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ouratou occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ouratou? popularity and diffusion
Ouratou is the 902,012th most commonly used last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 24,620,088 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ouratou reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 71 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 167,977th most commonly used first name at a global level, held by 2,022 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 295 people, or 1 in 70,404. In Cameroon Ouratou is mostly concentrated in: North Region, where 83 percent are found, Far North Region, where 14 percent are found and Adamawa Region, where 3 percent are found. Apart from Cameroon this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in Niger, where 0 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 Ouratou
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