Ganarou Surname
Approximately 36 people bear this surname
Ganarou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 34 | 1:610,855 | 46,287 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
Ganarou (88) may also be a first name.
Ganarou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ganarou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ganarou is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Ganarou.
How Common Is The Last Name Ganarou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,274,477th most frequently used family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 202,431,831 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ganarou reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 89 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Ganarou is also the 1,017,994th most commonly used first name globally, held by 88 people.
The last name is most common in Cameroon, where it is held by 34 people, or 1 in 610,855. In Cameroon Ganarou is mostly found in: Far North Region, where 100 percent reside. Outside of Cameroon this surname exists in one country. It is also found in Niger, where 6 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 Ganarou
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