Balerou Surname
Approximately 66 people bear this surname
Balerou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 32 | 1:720,976 | 19,991 |
| Benin | 19 | 1:543,979 | 34,804 |
| Niger | 13 | 1:1,476,309 | 30,154 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
Balerou (39) may also be a first name.
Balerou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Balerou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Balerou is found in The Ivory Coast more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Balerou.
How Common Is The Last Name Balerou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,352,516th most commonly used surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 110,417,362 people. The surname Balerou is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Balerou live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 76 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,637,361st most widespread given name internationally, held by 39 people.
The last name is most common in The Ivory Coast, where it is carried by 32 people, or 1 in 720,976. In The Ivory Coast it is primarily concentrated in: Bas-Sassandra District, where 91 percent reside, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 3 percent reside and Lacs District, where 3 percent reside. Without taking into account The Ivory Coast this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 29 percent reside and Niger, where 20 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 Balerou
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