Atirou Surname
Approximately 82 people bear this surname
Atirou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 70 | 1:262,173 | 5,001 |
| Niger | 12 | 1:1,599,335 | 32,126 |
Atirou (11) may also be a first name.
Atirou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Atirou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Atirou is borne by more people in Burkina Faso than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Atirou.
How Common Is The Last Name Atirou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,075,631st most frequently used last name globally, borne by around 1 in 88,872,511 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Atirou reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 85 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most frequently occurring given name throughout the world, borne by 11 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Burkina Faso, where it is carried by 70 people, or 1 in 262,173. In Burkina Faso Atirou is mostly found in: Centre-Sud Region, where 87 percent live and Centre Region, where 13 percent live. Excluding Burkina Faso this surname exists in one country. It is also found in Niger, where 15 percent live.
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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 Atirou
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