Akarou Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Akarou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 6 | 1:3,198,670 | 54,540 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 1:7,690,411 | 57,263 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Gibraltar | 1 | 1:33,954 | 1,660 |
Akarou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akarou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Akarou is most common in Niger. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Akarou? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,908,606th most numerous surname globally, borne by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 94 percent of Akarou are found; 81 percent are found in West Africa and 44 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most frequent in Niger, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 3,198,670. In Niger it is primarily concentrated in: Maradi Region, where 100 percent reside. Outside of Niger it exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 25 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, where 19 percent reside.
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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 Akarou
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