Werou Surname
Approximately 37 people bear this surname
Werou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 34 | 1:303,988 | 24,879 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
Werou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Werou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Werou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻭﻭﺭ) is carried by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Werou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Werou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,228,735th most frequently used family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 196,960,700 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Werou reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 95 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Werou is most common in Benin, where it is carried by 34 people, or 1 in 303,988. In Benin Werou is most frequent in: Borgou Department, where 100 percent reside. Apart from Benin this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Burkina Faso, where 3 percent reside and Mauritania, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Werou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Werou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻭﻭﺭ | wwr | - |
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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 Werou
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