Anourou Surname
Approximately 40 people bear this surname
Anourou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 37 | 1:561,326 | 43,620 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
Anourou (71) may also be a first name.
Anourou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Anourou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Anourou has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Anourou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,100,440th most commonly held last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 182,188,648 people. The surname Anourou is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Anourou live; 90 percent live in Central Africa and 60 percent live in Adamawa-Ubangian Africa. Anourou is also the 1,152,838th most common first name at a global level. It is borne by 71 people.
The last name is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is held by 37 people, or 1 in 561,326. In Cameroon Anourou is most frequent in: East Region, where 68 percent reside, Littoral Region, where 27 percent reside and Adamawa Region, where 3 percent reside. Outside of Cameroon this surname is found in one country. It is also found in Niger, where 8 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 Anourou
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