Amorou Surname
Approximately 47 people bear this surname
Amorou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 42 | 1:549,315 | 16,834 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Amorou (63) may also be a first name.
Amorou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amorou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Amorou is held by more people in The Ivory Coast than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Amorou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,843,861st most frequently held last name globally It is held by around 1 in 155,054,168 people. Amorou occurs mostly in Africa, where 74 percent of Amorou live; 74 percent live in West Africa and 70 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,234,572nd most commonly held given name world-wide It is held by 63 people.
It is most commonly held in The Ivory Coast, where it is held by 42 people, or 1 in 549,315. In The Ivory Coast Amorou is most prevalent in: Zanzan District, where 57 percent live, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 26 percent live and Bas-Sassandra District, where 7 percent live. Without taking into account The Ivory Coast this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 4 percent live and Benin, where 2 percent live.
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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 Amorou
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