Mairou Surname
Approximately 126 people bear this surname
Mairou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 85 | 1:225,788 | 7,375 |
| France | 29 | 1:2,290,439 | 180,028 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
The alternate forms: Maïrou (1) are calculated separately.
Mairou (908) may also be a first name.
Mairou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mairou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mairou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﺎﻳﺮﻭ) is more frequently found in Niger than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms: Maïrou. Click here to see other possible spellings of Mairou.
How Common Is The Last Name Mairou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mairou is the 1,604,449th most numerous family name on earth, held by around 1 in 57,837,666 people. The last name Mairou occurs mostly in Africa, where 72 percent of Mairou reside; 71 percent reside in West Africa and 67 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Mairou is also the 269,226th most frequently held first name throughout the world, borne by 908 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Niger, where it is borne by 85 people, or 1 in 225,788. In Niger Mairou is most prevalent in: Zinder Region, where 72 percent live, Dosso Region, where 13 percent live and Diffa Region, where 8 percent live. Besides Niger it exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in France, where 23 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mairou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mairou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﺎﻳﺮﻭ | mayrw | - |
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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 Mairou
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