Chirou Surname
Approximately 146 people bear this surname
Chirou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 79 | 1:489,007 | 36,897 |
| Argentina | 19 | 1:2,249,653 | 107,269 |
| Cameroon | 12 | 1:1,730,756 | 92,157 |
| Niger | 11 | 1:1,744,729 | 34,351 |
| Greece | 5 | 1:2,215,958 | 91,893 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Uruguay | 4 | 1:857,940 | 31,713 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Cyprus | 2 | 1:442,438 | 9,493 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
Chirou (11) may also be a first name.
Chirou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chirou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chirou occurs most in Algeria. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Chirou.
How Common Is The Last Name Chirou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chirou is the 1,459,453rd most common family name globally It is held by around 1 in 49,914,698 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 74 percent of Chirou are found; 58 percent are found in North Africa and 58 percent are found in Mahgreb. Chirou is also the 3,487,849th most common first name in the world. It is borne by 11 people.
The last name Chirou is most widely held in Algeria, where it is borne by 79 people, or 1 in 489,007. In Algeria it is primarily concentrated in: Biskra Province, where 97 percent reside, Batna Province, where 1 percent reside and Chlef Province, where 1 percent reside. Other than Algeria this last name occurs in 14 countries. It is also common in Argentina, where 13 percent reside and Cameroon, where 8 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 Chirou
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