Harou Surname
Approximately 63,756 people bear this surname
Harou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 61,379 | 1:313 | 57 |
| Chad | 1,155 | 1:11,768 | 1,513 |
| France | 432 | 1:153,756 | 23,866 |
| Lebanon | 298 | 1:18,916 | 2,358 |
| Morocco | 273 | 1:126,286 | 22,036 |
| Belgium | 35 | 1:328,476 | 37,084 |
| Papua New Guinea | 32 | 1:254,804 | 34,943 |
| Algeria | 25 | 1:1,545,262 | 43,087 |
| Iraq | 21 | 1:1,667,698 | 16,789 |
| Jordan | 18 | 1:491,246 | 12,976 |
| Benin | 16 | 1:645,975 | 38,126 |
| United States | 13 | 1:27,881,456 | 736,413 |
| Iran | 13 | 1:5,906,348 | 134,214 |
| Syria | 11 | 1:1,754,638 | 8,509 |
| Canada | 9 | 1:4,093,955 | 205,175 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
Harou (19,582) may also be a first name.
Harou Demographics
Average Harou Salary in
United States
$36,850 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Harou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Harou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Harou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻫﺮﻭ, Hindi: हरौ) has its highest incidence in Niger. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Harou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 8,893rd most frequent surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 114,304 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Harou reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Harou is also the 38,440th most frequently held first name world-wide It is held by 19,582 people.
Harou is most widely held in Niger, where it is held by 61,379 people, or 1 in 313. In Niger Harou is mostly found in: Zinder Region, where 74 percent are found, Maradi Region, where 23 percent are found and Tahoua Region, where 1 percent are found. Apart from Niger Harou occurs in 31 countries. It is also found in Chad, where 2 percent are found and France, where 1 percent are found.
Harou Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is principally Melkite Greek Catholic (83%) in Lebanon.
The amount Harou earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 14.6% less than the national average, earning $36,850 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.26% more than the national average, earning $53,786 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Harou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Harou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻫﺮﻭ | hrw | - |
| Harou in the Hindi language | ||
| हरौ | harau | - |
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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
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- 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 Harou
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