Jerous Surname
Approximately 42 people bear this surname
Jerous Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 33 | 1:1,604,291 | 47,186 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Jerous (108) may also be a first name.
Jerous Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jerous Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Jerous is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Jerous? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,017,195th most widely held family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 173,512,998 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Jerous reside; 81 percent reside in East Africa and 81 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Jerous is also the 904,892nd most frequently held first name world-wide, borne by 108 people.
The last name is most common in Tanzania, where it is carried by 33 people, or 1 in 1,604,291. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Iringa Region, where 97 percent live and Mbeya Region, where 3 percent live. Barring Tanzania this surname occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 10 percent live and Nigeria, where 7 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 Jerous
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