Ouroukou Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Ouroukou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 5 | 1:3,838,403 | 64,195 |
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
Ouroukou (167) may also be a first name.
Ouroukou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ouroukou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ouroukou is carried by more people in Niger than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ouroukou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 6,723,624th most frequently occurring family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ouroukou are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 63 percent are found in Chadic Africa. Ouroukou is also the 708,111th most widely held first name throughout the world, held by 167 people.
The last name Ouroukou is most widely held in Niger, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 3,838,403. In Niger it is primarily concentrated in: Tillabéri Region, where 100 percent are found. Excluding Niger Ouroukou occurs in one country. It is also common in Benin, where 38 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 Ouroukou
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