Farou Surname
Approximately 944 people bear this surname
Farou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 291 | 1:35,518 | 4,592 |
| Niger | 198 | 1:96,929 | 4,009 |
| France | 164 | 1:405,017 | 59,459 |
| Greece | 99 | 1:111,917 | 18,809 |
| Iraq | 73 | 1:479,749 | 8,022 |
| Nigeria | 30 | 1:5,904,759 | 145,253 |
| New Caledonia | 21 | 1:13,153 | 3,514 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| Algeria | 7 | 1:5,518,793 | 51,529 |
| Brazil | 6 | 1:35,679,055 | 486,536 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Jordan | 2 | 1:4,421,218 | 22,351 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 4 | 1:6,093,842 | 135,151 |
Farou (334) may also be a first name.
Farou Demographics
Farou Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Farou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Farou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Farou (Russian: Фароу) is borne by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Farou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 378,348th most numerous family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 7,719,858 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 58 percent of Farou live; 55 percent live in West Africa and 34 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 478,963rd most common given name worldwide, borne by 334 people.
This surname is most common in Benin, where it is borne by 291 people, or 1 in 35,518. In Benin it is mostly concentrated in: Borgou Department, where 80 percent are found, Atakora Department, where 15 percent are found and Alibori Department, where 3 percent are found. Outside of Benin this surname exists in 27 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 21 percent are found and France, where 17 percent are found.
Farou Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Farou last name is principally Sunni (100%) in Lebanon.
Farou earn more than double the average income. In United States they earn 107.13% more than the national average, earning $89,375 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Farou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Farou in the Russian language | ||
| Фароу | farou | - |
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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 Farou
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