Achirou Surname
Approximately 5,729 people bear this surname
Achirou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 5,296 | 1:3,624 | 350 |
| Benin | 385 | 1:26,846 | 3,573 |
| Ivory Coast | 39 | 1:591,570 | 17,665 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
Achirou (15,779) may also be a first name.
Achirou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Achirou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Achirou is more frequently found in Niger than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Achirou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Achirou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 84,356th most frequently occurring surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 1,272,045 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Achirou are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 92 percent are found in Chadic Africa. Achirou is also the 44,827th most commonly used first name world-wide, borne by 15,779 people.
The last name Achirou is most frequently occurring in Niger, where it is carried by 5,296 people, or 1 in 3,624. In Niger Achirou is mostly found in: Maradi Region, where 65 percent are found, Zinder Region, where 27 percent are found and Tahoua Region, where 5 percent are found. Excluding Niger Achirou occurs in 10 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 7 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 1 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 Achirou
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