Mounirou Surname
Approximately 1,566 people bear this surname
Mounirou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 1,443 | 1:7,163 | 985 |
| Niger | 60 | 1:319,867 | 9,444 |
| Ivory Coast | 32 | 1:720,976 | 19,991 |
| Congo | 5 | 1:997,819 | 17,129 |
| Guinea | 5 | 1:2,366,763 | 1,841 |
| France | 5 | 1:13,284,544 | 357,392 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mounirou (7,035) may also be a first name.
Mounirou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mounirou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mounirou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻨﻴﺮﻭ) is held by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mounirou? popularity and diffusion
Mounirou is the 252,652nd most widespread last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 4,653,605 people. The surname Mounirou is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Mounirou live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 93 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Mounirou is also the 77,313th most widely held first name internationally It is held by 7,035 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Benin, where it is borne by 1,443 people, or 1 in 7,163. In Benin it is primarily concentrated in: Plateau Department, where 45 percent live, Ouémé Department, where 22 percent live and Littoral Department, where 15 percent live. Barring Benin this last name occurs in 16 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 4 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mounirou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mounirou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻨﻴﺮﻭ | mnyrw | 60 |
| ﻣﻮﻧﻴﺮﻭ | mwnyrw | 33.33 |
| ﻣﻨﻴﺮ | mnyr | 6.67 |
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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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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Mounirou
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