Alirou Surname
Approximately 158 people bear this surname
Alirou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 57 | 1:364,370 | 32,302 |
| Niger | 55 | 1:348,946 | 10,096 |
| Benin | 37 | 1:279,341 | 23,629 |
| Togo | 9 | 1:805,308 | 6,372 |
Alirou (725) may also be a first name.
Alirou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alirou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Alirou is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Alirou? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,385,851st most frequently occurring surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 46,123,708 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Alirou reside; 91 percent reside in West Africa and 47 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 306,386th most widespread first name on earth, borne by 725 people.
The surname Alirou is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 57 people, or 1 in 364,370. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: North Region, where 51 percent are found, Far North Region, where 42 percent are found and Adamawa Region, where 4 percent are found. Outside of Cameroon it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 35 percent are found and Benin, where 23 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 Alirou
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