Adarou Surname
Approximately 132 people bear this surname
Adarou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 80 | 1:259,613 | 25,186 |
| Niger | 48 | 1:399,834 | 11,128 |
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Adarou (192) may also be a first name.
Adarou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Adarou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Adarou is found most in Cameroon. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Adarou? popularity and diffusion
Adarou is the 1,558,593rd most widely held last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 55,208,681 people. Adarou is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Adarou live; 87 percent live in West Africa and 48 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 655,603rd most frequently held first name globally, borne by 192 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 80 people, or 1 in 259,613. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: Far North Region, where 68 percent live, North Region, where 14 percent live and Adamawa Region, where 9 percent live. Not including Cameroon this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 36 percent live and Benin, where 2 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
- 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 Adarou
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