Anorou Surname
Approximately 39 people bear this surname
Anorou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 24 | 1:7,380,948 | 165,663 |
| United States | 13 | 1:27,881,456 | 736,413 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Anorou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Anorou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Anorou is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Anorou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,141,416th most prevalent last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 186,860,152 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 64 percent of Anorou reside; 62 percent reside in West Africa and 62 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 24 people, or 1 in 7,380,948. In Nigeria Anorou is primarily found in: Abia, where 25 percent are found, Ondo, where 25 percent are found and Oyo, where 25 percent are found. Barring Nigeria this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 33 percent are found and South Africa, where 3 percent are found.
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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 Anorou
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