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
The surname Amourou is carried by more people in Niger than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Amourou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Amourou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,328,442nd most prevalent surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 43,121,573 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Amourou live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 93 percent live in Chadic Africa. Amourou is also the 381,460th most widely held first name world-wide, borne by 495 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Niger, where it is borne by 158 people, or 1 in 121,468. In Niger it is mostly found in: Zinder Region, where 44 percent reside, Maradi Region, where 25 percent reside and Agadez Region, where 25 percent reside. Aside from Niger it exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Togo, where 2 percent reside and Tunisia, where 2 percent reside.
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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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