Kamarou Surname
Approximately 297 people bear this surname
Kamarou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 162 | 1:118,469 | 4,647 |
| Benin | 93 | 1:111,136 | 12,439 |
| Greece | 17 | 1:651,752 | 73,285 |
| Cameroon | 9 | 1:2,307,674 | 112,590 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
Kamarou (2,036) may also be a first name.
Kamarou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kamarou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kamarou is held by more people in Niger than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kamarou? popularity and diffusion
Kamarou is the 899,940th most numerous surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 24,537,192 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 92 percent of Kamarou reside; 90 percent reside in West Africa and 55 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Kamarou is also the 167,264th most common first name world-wide. It is borne by 2,036 people.
It is most frequently held in Niger, where it is held by 162 people, or 1 in 118,469. In Niger Kamarou is primarily concentrated in: Zinder Region, where 92 percent reside, Niamey Capital District, where 4 percent reside and Diffa Region, where 1 percent reside. Barring Niger Kamarou occurs in 16 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 31 percent reside and Greece, where 6 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 Kamarou
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