Imorou Surname
Approximately 22,709 people bear this surname
Imorou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 22,608 | 1:457 | 42 |
| Niger | 53 | 1:362,114 | 10,354 |
| Ethiopia | 25 | 1:3,901,850 | 10,182 |
| Burkina Faso | 6 | 1:3,058,683 | 18,466 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Imorou (12,764) may also be a first name.
Imorou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Imorou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Imorou is most common in Benin. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Imorou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 23,836th most prevalent last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 320,910 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Imorou live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 51,927th most prevalent forename globally, held by 12,764 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Benin, where it is borne by 22,608 people, or 1 in 457. In Benin Imorou is most common in: Borgou Department, where 41 percent reside, Alibori Department, where 21 percent reside and Donga Department, where 17 percent reside. Apart from Benin this last name is found in 14 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 0 percent reside and Ethiopia, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Imorou
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis