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
Werou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻭﻭﺭ) is carried by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Werou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Werou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,228,735th most frequently held family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 196,960,700 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Werou reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 95 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most widely held in Benin, where it is held by 34 people, or 1 in 303,988. In Benin it is mostly concentrated in: Borgou Department, where 100 percent reside. Beside Benin Werou is found in 3 countries. It is also common 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
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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 Werou
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