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
The surname Ourba is held by more people in Burkina Faso than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ourba? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ourba is the 167,097th most widespread family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 2,814,811 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ourba are found; 87 percent are found in West Africa and 86 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ourba is also the 1,840,253rd most frequently used first name on earth It is held by 32 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Burkina Faso, where it is held by 2,237 people, or 1 in 8,204. In Burkina Faso Ourba is primarily found in: Sahel Region, where 93 percent live, Centre-Nord Region, where 5 percent live and Hauts-Bassins Region, where 1 percent live. Excluding Burkina Faso it exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Morocco, where 12 percent live and Indonesia, 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
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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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