Ourba Surname
Approximately 2,589 people bear this surname
Ourba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 2,237 | 1:8,204 | 810 |
| Morocco | 307 | 1:112,300 | 19,480 |
| Indonesia | 24 | 1:5,510,383 | 253,014 |
| Cameroon | 14 | 1:1,483,505 | 83,777 |
| Niger | 4 | 1:4,798,004 | 75,547 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Ourba (32) may also be a first name.
Ourba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ourba Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ourba occurs most in Burkina Faso. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ourba? popularity and diffusion
Ourba is the 167,097th most widely held surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 2,814,811 people. The last name Ourba is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Ourba reside; 87 percent reside in West Africa and 86 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,840,253rd most commonly used first name internationally It is held by 32 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Burkina Faso, where it is carried by 2,237 people, or 1 in 8,204. In Burkina Faso it is primarily concentrated in: Sahel Region, where 93 percent reside, Centre-Nord Region, where 5 percent reside and Hauts-Bassins Region, where 1 percent reside. Outside of Burkina Faso Ourba occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Morocco, where 12 percent reside and Indonesia, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Ourba
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