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 more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Irou? popularity and diffusion
Irou is the 914,967th most frequently held family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 25,129,469 people. The surname Irou is predominantly found in Africa, where 77 percent of Irou reside; 56 percent reside in West Africa and 49 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,321,957th most widely held first name throughout the world, borne by 56 people.
The last name Irou is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 102 people, or 1 in 1,736,694. In Nigeria Irou is primarily concentrated in: Bayelsa, where 95 percent live, Rivers, where 3 percent live and Cross River, where 1 percent live. Besides Nigeria this surname exists in 9 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 19 percent live and Uganda, where 19 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 Irou
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