Wouro Surname
Approximately 501 people bear this surname
Wouro Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 272 | 1:70,559 | 3,205 |
| Benin | 205 | 1:50,418 | 6,350 |
| Cameroon | 23 | 1:903,003 | 60,285 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
Wouro (487) may also be a first name.
Wouro Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wouro Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wouro is found in Niger more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Wouro.
How Common Is The Last Name Wouro? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 615,220th most frequently occurring last name in the world, held by around 1 in 14,546,000 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Wouro are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 54 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 385,164th most frequent first name throughout the world, borne by 487 people.
Wouro is most frequently occurring in Niger, where it is carried by 272 people, or 1 in 70,559. In Niger Wouro is most prevalent in: Agadez Region, where 32 percent are found, Maradi Region, where 26 percent are found and Tahoua Region, where 19 percent are found. Other than Niger this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 41 percent are found and Cameroon, where 5 percent are found.
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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 Wouro
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