Amarou Surname
Approximately 532 people bear this surname
Amarou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 179 | 1:215,819 | 24,918 |
| Morocco | 136 | 1:253,501 | 42,794 |
| Mauritania | 72 | 1:56,873 | 4,043 |
| Niger | 55 | 1:348,946 | 10,096 |
| France | 51 | 1:1,302,406 | 132,002 |
| Benin | 13 | 1:795,046 | 42,452 |
| Ivory Coast | 13 | 1:1,774,710 | 34,235 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
Amarou (254) may also be a first name.
Amarou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amarou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Amarou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺃﻣﺮﻭ, Hindi: अमरौ) occurs most in Algeria. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Amarou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 587,571st most common last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 13,698,395 people. Amarou is primarily found in Africa, where 89 percent of Amarou reside; 59 percent reside in North Africa and 59 percent reside in Mahgreb. It is also the 559,024th most commonly held first name at a global level It is held by 254 people.
The last name is most widespread in Algeria, where it is carried by 179 people, or 1 in 215,819. In Algeria it is most common in: Mascara Province, where 100 percent live. Excluding Algeria this surname occurs in 13 countries. It is also found in Morocco, where 26 percent live and Mauritania, where 14 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Amarou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Amarou in the Hindi language | ||
| अमरौ | amarau | - |
| Amarou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺃﻣﺮﻭ | amrw | 62.5 |
| ﻋﻤﺎﺭﻭ | marw | 37.5 |
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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 Amarou
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