Aro Surname
Approximately 33,582 people bear this surname
Aro Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 11,224 | 1:15,782 | 1,536 |
| Philippines | 4,827 | 1:20,973 | 2,638 |
| Bolivia | 2,473 | 1:4,293 | 631 |
| Peru | 2,179 | 1:14,587 | 1,872 |
| Finland | 2,175 | 1:2,527 | 396 |
| Venezuela | 1,484 | 1:20,353 | 1,469 |
| Chile | 1,288 | 1:13,677 | 1,047 |
| United States | 1,075 | 1:337,171 | 30,413 |
| Papua New Guinea | 920 | 1:8,863 | 690 |
| Benin | 911 | 1:11,345 | 1,556 |
| Brazil | 769 | 1:278,380 | 10,724 |
| Argentina | 677 | 1:63,137 | 5,386 |
| India | 482 | 1:1,591,422 | 58,737 |
| Indonesia | 315 | 1:419,839 | 35,311 |
| Mexico | 309 | 1:401,703 | 7,956 |
| Colombia | 284 | 1:168,219 | 4,585 |
| Pakistan | 234 | 1:763,435 | 11,084 |
| Sweden | 216 | 1:45,587 | 3,572 |
| Estonia | 188 | 1:7,031 | 856 |
| Cuba | 118 | 1:97,650 | 2,974 |
| Canada | 103 | 1:357,724 | 32,292 |
| England | 97 | 1:574,413 | 34,909 |
| Iran | 79 | 1:971,931 | 45,393 |
| Burkina Faso | 78 | 1:235,283 | 4,739 |
| Turkey | 77 | 1:1,010,668 | 45,670 |
| Malaysia | 76 | 1:388,082 | 20,352 |
| Niger | 73 | 1:262,904 | 8,243 |
| Thailand | 67 | 1:1,054,304 | 158,943 |
| Taiwan | 65 | 1:360,688 | 2,859 |
| Solomon Islands | 60 | 1:9,667 | 1,663 |
| Bahrain | 59 | 1:22,858 | 4,582 |
| New Zealand | 55 | 1:82,333 | 11,809 |
| Spain | 53 | 1:882,114 | 34,832 |
| French Polynesia | 43 | 1:6,530 | 1,442 |
| Tanzania | 41 | 1:1,291,259 | 46,697 |
| Madagascar | 36 | 1:656,940 | 2,016 |
| Uganda | 34 | 1:1,148,214 | 47,064 |
| Kuwait | 29 | 1:131,058 | 14,967 |
| Australia | 29 | 1:930,886 | 55,860 |
| Portugal | 28 | 1:372,080 | 12,265 |
| Iraq | 26 | 1:1,346,987 | 15,017 |
| Ecuador | 19 | 1:837,150 | 13,424 |
| Mozambique | 16 | 1:1,703,848 | 2,274 |
| Sudan | 16 | 1:2,344,387 | 4,438 |
| France | 14 | 1:4,744,480 | 251,814 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Norway | 9 | 1:571,365 | 44,190 |
| Germany | 8 | 1:10,063,182 | 283,807 |
| Switzerland | 8 | 1:1,026,614 | 63,315 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Netherlands | 8 | 1:2,110,897 | 88,902 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Italy | 6 | 1:10,192,781 | 121,657 |
| Denmark | 6 | 1:940,786 | 47,603 |
| Lebanon | 5 | 1:1,127,417 | 17,983 |
| Armenia | 5 | 1:586,036 | 10,281 |
| Belgium | 5 | 1:2,299,329 | 106,824 |
| Afghanistan | 4 | 1:8,038,296 | 30,874 |
| Ivory Coast | 4 | 1:5,767,808 | 55,416 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Sri Lanka | 4 | 1:5,202,140 | 12,146 |
| South Sudan | 4 | 1:2,853,769 | 1,758 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Syria | 2 | 1:9,650,511 | 17,817 |
| Slovenia | 2 | 1:1,243,838 | 27,519 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1 | 1:112,659 | 1,704 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 13 | 1:3,862,976 | 168,604 |
The alternate forms: Äro (21), Aró (1) & Arô (1) are calculated separately.
Aro (20,224) may also be a first name.
Aro Demographics
Aro Political Affiliation
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Aro Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Aro Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Aro (Georgian: არო, Hindi: अरोड़ा, Marathi: आरो, Oriya: ଆେରା) is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Äro, Aró or Arô. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Aro? popularity and diffusion
The surname Aro is the 16,522nd most prevalent surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 217,008 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 37 percent of Aro live; 37 percent live in West Africa and 36 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 37,487th most frequently occurring first name at a global level. It is borne by 20,224 people.
It is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 11,224 people, or 1 in 15,782. In Nigeria Aro is primarily found in: Lagos, where 19 percent are found, Ondo, where 16 percent are found and Ogun, where 11 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria Aro is found in 97 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 14 percent are found and Bolivia, where 7 percent are found.
Aro Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Aro has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Aro surname expanded 8,269 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Aro Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is principally Maronite (33%) in Lebanon and Christian (84%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those bearing the Aro surname are 4.02% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 50.79% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Aro earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 3.56% more than the national average, earning 358,397 kr per year; in Peru they earn 18.6% less than the national average, earning S/. 15,779 per year; in Colombia they earn 33.2% less than the national average, earning $15,164,200 COP per year; in United States they earn 1.66% less than the national average, earning $42,434 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.41% more than the national average, earning $54,356 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Aro Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Aro in the Georgian language | ||
| არო | aro | - |
| Aro in the Hindi language | ||
| अरोड़ा | arora | 81.82 |
| आरो | aro | 11.11 |
| अरो | aro | 4.04 |
| अरोडा | aroda | 2.02 |
| Aro in the Marathi language | ||
| आरो | aro | 66.67 |
| अरो | aro | 33.33 |
| Aro in the Oriya language | ||
| ଆେରା | aera | 56.52 |
| ଅେରା | aera | 43.48 |
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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
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- 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 Aro
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