Bamourou Surname

2,106,139th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 80 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Bamourou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bamourou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mauritania421:97,4976,070
Ivory Coast371:623,54718,271
Niger11:19,192,017110,060

Bamourou (838) may also be a first name.

Bamourou Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Bamourou Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Bamourou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﺎﻣﻮﺭﻭ) is borne by more people in Mauritania than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Bamourou click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bamourou? popularity and diffusion

The last name Bamourou is the 2,106,139th most commonly used surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 91,094,324 people. The last name Bamourou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Bamourou reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 53 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 282,036th most frequently used given name globally It is held by 838 people.

This last name is most widely held in Mauritania, where it is borne by 42 people, or 1 in 97,497. In Mauritania it is primarily found in: Gorgol Region, where 98 percent are found and Guidimagha Region, where 2 percent are found. Outside of Mauritania this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 46 percent are found and Niger, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Bamourou Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Bamourou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺑﺎﻣﻮﺭﻭbamwrw-

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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 Bamourou
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