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
The surname Torou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﻮﺭﻭ) is borne by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Torou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 168,030th most widely held surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 2,832,315 people. The last name Torou is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Torou reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 80 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 173,888th most commonly occurring given name worldwide, held by 1,909 people.
Torou is most frequent in Benin, where it is held by 2,022 people, or 1 in 5,112. In Benin Torou is most prevalent in: Borgou Department, where 54 percent live, Alibori Department, where 29 percent live and Atakora Department, where 14 percent live. Beside Benin this surname occurs in 12 countries. It is also common in Chad, where 15 percent live and Cameroon, where 4 percent live.
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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