Rougaya Surname
Approximately 300 people bear this surname
Rougaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 299 | 1:69,462 | 8,730 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
Rougaya (238) may also be a first name.
Rougaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rougaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Rougaya is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Rougaya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 893,754th most widespread family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 24,291,820 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Rougaya live; 74 percent live in West Africa and 60 percent live in Senegambia Africa. Rougaya is also the 580,229th most frequently used forename in the world. It is borne by 238 people.
It is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is borne by 299 people, or 1 in 69,462. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: Far North Region, where 81 percent are found, Adamawa Region, where 13 percent are found and North Region, where 5 percent are found. Other than Cameroon Rougaya occurs in one country. It is also found in Algeria, 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
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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
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