Amirou Surname
Approximately 1,653 people bear this surname
Amirou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 850 | 1:22,579 | 1,377 |
| Algeria | 414 | 1:93,313 | 14,210 |
| Morocco | 239 | 1:144,251 | 25,171 |
| France | 73 | 1:909,900 | 105,096 |
| Benin | 47 | 1:219,906 | 20,230 |
| Cameroon | 16 | 1:1,298,067 | 76,941 |
| Burkina Faso | 5 | 1:3,670,420 | 19,318 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
Amirou (4,144) may also be a first name.
Amirou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amirou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Amirou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻣﻴﺮﻭ) is found most in Niger. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Amirou? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 241,646th most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 4,408,679 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Amirou live; 55 percent live in West Africa and 52 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 107,982nd most widespread first name at a global level, held by 4,144 people.
This surname is most common in Niger, where it is held by 850 people, or 1 in 22,579. In Niger it is primarily found in: Zinder Region, where 36 percent are found, Tillabéri Region, where 26 percent are found and Maradi Region, where 17 percent are found. Besides Niger this surname occurs in 14 countries. It also occurs in Algeria, where 25 percent are found and Morocco, where 14 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Amirou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Amirou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻣﻴﺮﻭ | amyrw | 33.33 |
| ﺃﻣﻴﺮﻭ | amyrw | 33.33 |
| ﺁﻣﻴﺮﻭ | amyrw | 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 Amirou
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