Ouzerou Surname
Approximately 127 people bear this surname
Ouzerou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 114 | 1:168,351 | 6,055 |
| Benin | 8 | 1:1,291,950 | 54,095 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Ouzérou (1) are calculated separately.
Ouzerou (1,601) may also be a first name.
Ouzerou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ouzerou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ouzerou is found most frequently in Niger. It may also appear as a variant: Ouzérou. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ouzerou? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,596,935th most prevalent family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 57,382,251 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ouzerou reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 90 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Ouzerou is also the 193,128th most frequent forename globally, held by 1,601 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Niger, where it is carried by 114 people, or 1 in 168,351. In Niger it is most prevalent in: Zinder Region, where 89 percent are found, Maradi Region, where 9 percent are found and Tahoua Region, where 2 percent are found. Not including Niger this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 6 percent are found and Cameroon, where 3 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 Ouzerou
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