Ferou Surname
Approximately 54 people bear this surname
Ferou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 30 | 1:692,302 | 50,404 |
| Haiti | 10 | 1:1,068,391 | 11,823 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 1:7,690,411 | 57,263 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ferou (57) may also be a first name.
Ferou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ferou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ferou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻓﺮﻭ, Russian: Фероу) is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ferou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ferou is the 2,635,433rd most commonly held family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 134,954,554 people. Ferou is mostly found in Africa, where 67 percent of Ferou live; 61 percent live in West Africa and 56 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 1,308,380th most commonly held first name at a global level, borne by 57 people.
The last name Ferou is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 30 people, or 1 in 692,302. In Cameroon Ferou is most numerous in: Far North Region, where 100 percent reside. Outside of Cameroon Ferou exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in Haiti, where 19 percent reside and France, where 7 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ferou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ferou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻓﺮﻭ | frw | - |
| Ferou in the Russian language | ||
| Фероу | ferou | - |
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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 Ferou
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