Torou Surname
Approximately 2,573 people bear this surname
Torou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 2,022 | 1:5,112 | 665 |
| Chad | 385 | 1:35,304 | 4,109 |
| Cameroon | 94 | 1:220,948 | 22,265 |
| Ivory Coast | 32 | 1:720,976 | 19,991 |
| Papua New Guinea | 24 | 1:339,738 | 45,241 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Niger | 4 | 1:4,798,004 | 75,547 |
| Greece | 3 | 1:3,693,263 | 126,191 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Torou (1,909) may also be a first name.
Torou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Torou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Torou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﻮﺭﻭ) occurs in Benin more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Torou.
How Common Is The Last Name Torou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Torou is the 168,030th most frequently held family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 2,832,315 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Torou are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 80 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Torou is also the 173,888th most widely held given name throughout the world. It is borne by 1,909 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Benin, where it is carried by 2,022 people, or 1 in 5,112. In Benin Torou is most numerous in: Borgou Department, where 54 percent reside, Alibori Department, where 29 percent reside and Atakora Department, where 14 percent reside. Other than Benin Torou occurs in 12 countries. It is also common in Chad, where 15 percent reside and Cameroon, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Torou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Torou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺗﻮﺭﻭ | twrw | - |
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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 Torou
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