Irou Surname
Approximately 290 people bear this surname
Irou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 102 | 1:1,736,694 | 63,540 |
| Papua New Guinea | 55 | 1:148,249 | 20,445 |
| Uganda | 54 | 1:722,950 | 35,796 |
| Ivory Coast | 32 | 1:720,976 | 19,991 |
| Niger | 20 | 1:959,601 | 21,357 |
| Malaysia | 12 | 1:2,457,852 | 95,442 |
| Benin | 8 | 1:1,291,950 | 54,095 |
| Algeria | 5 | 1:7,726,310 | 57,379 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Irou (56) may also be a first name.
Irou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Irou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Irou occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Irou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Irou is the 914,967th most commonly occurring surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 25,129,469 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 77 percent of Irou live; 56 percent live in West Africa and 49 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,321,957th most frequently occurring first name internationally. It is borne by 56 people.
The last name Irou is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 102 people, or 1 in 1,736,694. In Nigeria Irou is primarily concentrated in: Bayelsa, where 95 percent reside, Rivers, where 3 percent reside and Cross River, where 1 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria this surname is found in 9 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 19 percent reside and Uganda, where 19 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 Irou
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