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
The surname Amerou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺃﻣﺮﻭ) is borne by more people in Mauritania than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Amerou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,228,735th most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 196,960,700 people. The last name Amerou is mostly found in Africa, where 84 percent of Amerou live; 78 percent live in West Africa and 76 percent live in Senegambia Africa.
This last name is most prevalent in Mauritania, where it is borne by 28 people, or 1 in 146,245. In Mauritania it is most frequent in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 100 percent are found. Outside of Mauritania this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in France, where 16 percent are found and Algeria, where 3 percent are found.
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
- 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 Amerou
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