Gamarou Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Gamarou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
Gamarou (6) may also be a first name.
Gamarou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gamarou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gamarou is found most in Cameroon. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gamarou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gamarou is the 7,593,402nd most widely held family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gamarou are found; 83 percent are found in West Africa and 67 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 4,967,096th most commonly used first name in the world It is held by 6 people.
The surname Gamarou is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 5,192,267. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Far North Region, where 50 percent live, Centre Region, where 25 percent live and North Region, where 25 percent live. Excluding Cameroon Gamarou occurs in one country. It is also common in Niger, where 33 percent live.
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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 Gamarou
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