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
The surname Mairou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﺎﻳﺮﻭ) has its highest incidence in Niger. It can also appear as a variant: Maïrou. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mairou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mairou is the 1,604,449th most frequent family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 57,837,666 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 72 percent of Mairou live; 71 percent live in West Africa and 67 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 269,226th most commonly used first name on earth, borne by 908 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Niger, where it is held by 85 people, or 1 in 225,788. In Niger Mairou is primarily concentrated in: Zinder Region, where 72 percent reside, Dosso Region, where 13 percent reside and Diffa Region, where 8 percent reside. Aside from Niger it exists in 6 countries. It is also common in France, where 23 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 3 percent reside.
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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