Hérou Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Hérou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Herou (491) are calculated separately.
Hérou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hérou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Hérou is found most frequently in France. It may appear in the variant forms: Herou. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Hérou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Hérou is the 8,968,613th most widely held family name globally, held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 50 percent of Hérou live; 50 percent live in Western Europe and 25 percent live in Senegambia Africa.
The surname Hérou is most commonly held in France, where it is carried by 1 people, or 1 in 66,422,722. Outside of France this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 25 percent live and Mauritania, where 25 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 Hérou
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