Imarou Surname
Approximately 55 people bear this surname
Imarou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 21 | 1:492,172 | 32,947 |
| Niger | 18 | 1:1,066,223 | 23,213 |
| Burkina Faso | 11 | 1:1,668,373 | 13,584 |
| Ivory Coast | 5 | 1:4,614,246 | 51,139 |
Imarou (18) may also be a first name.
Imarou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Imarou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Imarou is most common in Benin. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Imarou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Imarou? popularity and diffusion
Imarou is the 2,605,694th most frequently held surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 132,500,835 people. The last name Imarou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 91 percent of Imarou are found; 91 percent are found in West Africa and 58 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,608,198th most widely held forename in the world. It is borne by 18 people.
It is most widely held in Benin, where it is borne by 21 people, or 1 in 492,172. In Benin Imarou is most common in: Zou Department, where 38 percent are found, Donga Department, where 29 percent are found and Alibori Department, where 14 percent are found. Beside Benin Imarou is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 33 percent are found and Burkina Faso, where 20 percent are found.
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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 Imarou
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