Lorou Surname
Approximately 1,778 people bear this surname
Lorou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 1,618 | 1:14,259 | 1,136 |
| Papua New Guinea | 122 | 1:66,834 | 8,731 |
| India | 23 | 1:33,350,669 | 396,143 |
| Mauritania | 7 | 1:584,980 | 20,004 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 13 | 1:3,862,976 | 168,604 |
Lorou (520) may also be a first name.
Lorou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lorou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Lorou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻟﻮﺭﻭ) is carried by more people in The Ivory Coast than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Lorou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Lorou is the 228,032nd most frequently held family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 4,098,732 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 74 percent of Lorou are found; 74 percent are found in West Africa and 56 percent are found in Mande Africa. It is also the 370,386th most frequently occurring first name at a global level It is held by 520 people.
Lorou is most numerous in The Ivory Coast, where it is carried by 1,618 people, or 1 in 14,259. In The Ivory Coast it is primarily found in: Sassandra-Marahoué District, where 64 percent live, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 18 percent live and Gôh-Djiboua District, where 5 percent live. Aside from The Ivory Coast it exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 7 percent live and India, where 1 percent live.
Lorou Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Lorou has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name declined 85 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lorou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lorou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻟﻮﺭﻭ | lwrw | - |
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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 Lorou
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