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 is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Irou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Irou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 914,967th most widespread surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 25,129,469 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 77 percent of Irou live; 56 percent live in West Africa and 49 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Irou is also the 1,321,957th most frequent first name world-wide It is held by 56 people.
The surname Irou is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 102 people, or 1 in 1,736,694. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Bayelsa, where 95 percent are found, Rivers, where 3 percent are found and Cross River, where 1 percent are found. Not including Nigeria Irou exists in 9 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 19 percent are found and Uganda, where 19 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 Irou
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