Damarou Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Damarou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 13 | 1:795,046 | 42,452 |
| Niger | 4 | 1:4,798,004 | 75,547 |
Damarou (156) may also be a first name.
Damarou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Damarou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Damarou has its highest incidence in Benin. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Damarou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,772,636th most frequently used surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Damarou are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 76 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Damarou is also the 735,679th most commonly occurring given name worldwide, held by 156 people.
The surname Damarou is most commonly held in Benin, where it is held by 13 people, or 1 in 795,046. In Benin Damarou is most frequent in: Borgou Department, where 85 percent are found and Atakora Department, where 15 percent are found. Not including Benin this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Niger, where 24 percent are found.
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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 Damarou
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