Amourou Surname
Approximately 169 people bear this surname
Amourou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 158 | 1:121,468 | 4,736 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Amourou (495) may also be a first name.
Amourou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amourou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Amourou is most common in Niger. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Amourou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Amourou is the 1,328,442nd most commonly held last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 43,121,573 people. Amourou is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Amourou are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 93 percent are found in Chadic Africa. Amourou is also the 381,460th most commonly used first name world-wide. It is borne by 495 people.
It is most widespread in Niger, where it is borne by 158 people, or 1 in 121,468. In Niger Amourou is primarily concentrated in: Zinder Region, where 44 percent live, Maradi Region, where 25 percent live and Agadez Region, where 25 percent live. Other than Niger Amourou occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Togo, where 2 percent live and Tunisia, 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 Amourou
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