Arou Surname
Approximately 1,414 people bear this surname
Arou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chad | 481 | 1:28,258 | 3,335 |
| Mali | 258 | 1:65,771 | 1,556 |
| Kenya | 204 | 1:226,372 | 15,911 |
| Uganda | 148 | 1:263,779 | 19,248 |
| Niger | 75 | 1:255,894 | 8,080 |
| Benin | 67 | 1:154,263 | 15,890 |
| Lebanon | 36 | 1:156,586 | 7,507 |
| Iraq | 26 | 1:1,346,987 | 15,017 |
| Papua New Guinea | 22 | 1:370,624 | 48,900 |
| Jordan | 14 | 1:631,603 | 13,893 |
| United States | 12 | 1:30,204,911 | 765,334 |
| Ivory Coast | 11 | 1:2,097,385 | 37,425 |
| Australia | 9 | 1:2,999,522 | 116,751 |
| Nigeria | 9 | 1:19,682,529 | 291,344 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Syria | 6 | 1:3,216,837 | 11,326 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| South Sudan | 4 | 1:2,853,769 | 1,758 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Arou (366) may also be a first name.
Arou Demographics
Arou Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Arou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Arou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Arou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻋﺮﻭ, Hindi: आरोु) is found most in Chad. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Arou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 274,674th most frequently occurring family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 5,153,851 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 89 percent of Arou are found; 63 percent are found in West Africa and 39 percent are found in Chadic Africa. Arou is also the 454,857th most commonly occurring first name throughout the world, held by 366 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Chad, where it is carried by 481 people, or 1 in 28,258. Not including Chad this surname is found in 30 countries. It is also found in Mali, where 18 percent live and Kenya, where 14 percent live.
Arou Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Arou has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Arou last name rose 1,200 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Arou Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Arou surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya and Syriac Orthodox (95%) in Lebanon.
Arou earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 45.83% less than the national average, earning $23,375 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Arou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Arou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻋﺮﻭ | rw | - |
| Arou in the Hindi language | ||
| आरोु | arou | 66.67 |
| अरूण | aruna | 33.33 |
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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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- 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 Arou
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