Dairou Surname
Approximately 14,712 people bear this surname
Dairou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 13,160 | 1:1,578 | 143 |
| Chad | 1,348 | 1:10,083 | 1,325 |
| France | 164 | 1:405,017 | 59,459 |
| French Polynesia | 18 | 1:15,600 | 3,086 |
| Canada | 10 | 1:3,684,559 | 191,443 |
| Niger | 7 | 1:2,741,717 | 49,802 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Daïrou (1,353) & Daîrou (3) are calculated separately.
Dairou (15,886) may also be a first name.
Dairou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dairou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Dairou is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as: Daïrou or Daîrou. Click here for other potential spellings of Dairou.
How Common Is The Last Name Dairou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 35,852nd most commonly held last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 495,347 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Dairou are found; 77 percent are found in West Africa and 44 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. Dairou is also the 44,634th most commonly occurring first name throughout the world, borne by 15,886 people.
Dairou is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 13,160 people, or 1 in 1,578. In Cameroon it is primarily concentrated in: Far North Region, where 54 percent reside, North Region, where 31 percent reside and Centre Region, where 4 percent reside. Excluding Cameroon this surname is found in 10 countries. It is also found in Chad, where 9 percent reside and France, where 1 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 Dairou
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