Taoura Surname
Approximately 42 people bear this surname
Taoura Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 23 | 1:449,374 | 31,324 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Taoura (104) may also be a first name.
Taoura Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Taoura Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Taoura occurs in Benin more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Taoura? popularity and diffusion
The surname Taoura is the 3,017,195th most prevalent surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 173,512,998 people. Taoura is mostly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Taoura live; 71 percent live in West Africa and 62 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 925,156th most frequent first name internationally, borne by 104 people.
It is most commonly held in Benin, where it is carried by 23 people, or 1 in 449,374. In Benin Taoura is primarily concentrated in: Atakora Department, where 52 percent reside, Donga Department, where 39 percent reside and Borgou Department, where 9 percent reside. Aside from Benin it occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in Morocco, where 21 percent reside and Cameroon, where 5 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 Taoura
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