Amerou Surname
Approximately 37 people bear this surname
Amerou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 28 | 1:146,245 | 8,155 |
| France | 6 | 1:11,070,454 | 349,096 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Amerou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amerou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Amerou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺃﻣﺮﻭ) is found most frequently in Mauritania. It may also appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Amerou.
How Common Is The Last Name Amerou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,228,735th most widely held last name globally, held by around 1 in 196,960,700 people. Amerou is predominantly found in Africa, where 84 percent of Amerou are found; 78 percent are found in West Africa and 76 percent are found in Senegambia Africa.
This last name is most widely held in Mauritania, where it is carried by 28 people, or 1 in 146,245. In Mauritania it is most numerous in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 100 percent reside. Other than Mauritania Amerou exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in France, where 16 percent reside and Algeria, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Amerou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Amerou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺃﻣﺮﻭ | amrw | 33.33 |
| ﻋﻤﺮ | mr | 33.33 |
| ﺍﻣﺮ | amr | 33.33 |
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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 Amerou
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