Kerou Surname
Approximately 278 people bear this surname
Kerou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 153 | 1:864,374 | 65,003 |
| Senegal | 27 | 1:539,976 | 2,259 |
| Papua New Guinea | 26 | 1:313,604 | 42,091 |
| Greece | 17 | 1:651,752 | 73,285 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| Benin | 12 | 1:861,300 | 44,192 |
| Cameroon | 6 | 1:3,461,511 | 126,814 |
| Niger | 6 | 1:3,198,670 | 54,540 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
The alternate forms: Kérou (1) are calculated separately.
Kerou (1,592) may also be a first name.
Kerou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kerou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kerou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺮﻭ, Russian: Кэроу) is borne by more people in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It may also be found as: Kérou. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kerou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 942,947th most prevalent family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 26,214,194 people. This last name is predominantly found in Oceania, where 64 percent of Kerou live; 64 percent live in Oceania Islands and 64 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Kerou is also the 193,745th most numerous first name internationally. It is borne by 1,592 people.
The surname Kerou is most commonly used in Indonesia, where it is carried by 153 people, or 1 in 864,374. In Indonesia it is most frequent in: Papua, where 99 percent live and West Papua, where 1 percent live. Barring Indonesia this surname exists in 15 countries. It is also common in Senegal, where 10 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 9 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kerou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kerou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﺮﻭ | krw | - |
| Kerou in the Russian language | ||
| Кэроу | kerou | - |
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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
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- 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 Kerou
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