Woure Surname
Approximately 144 people bear this surname
Woure Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 69 | 1:149,791 | 15,556 |
| Niger | 44 | 1:436,182 | 11,913 |
| Papua New Guinea | 29 | 1:281,163 | 38,188 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Woure (565) may also be a first name.
Woure Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Woure Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Woure is more commonly found in Benin than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Woure? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,471,719th most commonly held family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 50,607,958 people. Woure is mostly found in Africa, where 80 percent of Woure reside; 80 percent reside in West Africa and 49 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Woure is also the 353,173rd most prevalent given name throughout the world, held by 565 people.
Woure is most frequently used in Benin, where it is borne by 69 people, or 1 in 149,791. In Benin Woure is most numerous in: Borgou Department, where 57 percent live, Alibori Department, where 35 percent live and Donga Department, where 6 percent live. Outside of Benin it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 31 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 20 percent live.
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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 Woure
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