Tourou Surname
Approximately 419 people bear this surname
Tourou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 163 | 1:117,742 | 4,629 |
| Benin | 83 | 1:124,525 | 13,573 |
| France | 75 | 1:885,636 | 103,228 |
| Cyprus | 33 | 1:26,814 | 3,049 |
| Mauritania | 23 | 1:178,038 | 9,291 |
| Greece | 15 | 1:738,653 | 80,079 |
| Burkina Faso | 14 | 1:1,310,864 | 11,575 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
Tourou (860) may also be a first name.
Tourou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tourou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tourou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﻮﺭﻭ) is more commonly found in Niger than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tourou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 702,422nd most frequently held family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 17,392,711 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 68 percent of Tourou reside; 68 percent reside in West Africa and 39 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Tourou is also the 277,635th most frequently held first name worldwide It is held by 860 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Niger, where it is borne by 163 people, or 1 in 117,742. In Niger it is mostly found in: Diffa Region, where 41 percent reside, Maradi Region, where 23 percent reside and Dosso Region, where 23 percent reside. Other than Niger this last name exists in 15 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 20 percent reside and France, where 18 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tourou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tourou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺗﻮﺭﻭ | twrw | 63.64 |
| ﺗﻮﺭ | twr | 36.36 |
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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 Tourou
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