Mourou Surname
Approximately 2,407 people bear this surname
Mourou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 507 | 1:8,077 | 868 |
| Morocco | 477 | 1:72,277 | 12,260 |
| Togo | 420 | 1:17,257 | 5,159 |
| France | 311 | 1:213,578 | 33,224 |
| Congo | 179 | 1:27,872 | 2,955 |
| Ivory Coast | 145 | 1:159,112 | 7,318 |
| Benin | 90 | 1:114,840 | 12,756 |
| Niger | 84 | 1:228,476 | 7,450 |
| Spain | 51 | 1:916,707 | 35,562 |
| Belgium | 37 | 1:310,720 | 35,739 |
| Sweden | 25 | 1:393,870 | 27,867 |
| Tunisia | 23 | 1:26,549 | 4,038 |
| Cyprus | 14 | 1:63,205 | 6,078 |
| Gabon | 9 | 1:209,910 | 2,378 |
| Greece | 6 | 1:1,846,632 | 89,049 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Monaco | 3 | 1:12,355 | 2,088 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Mourou (828) may also be a first name.
Mourou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mourou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mourou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻮﺭﻭ, Russian: Моуроу) is borne by more people in Mauritania than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mourou? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 177,655th most commonly used surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,027,647 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 79 percent of Mourou reside; 50 percent reside in West Africa and 26 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Mourou is also the 283,824th most numerous first name world-wide, borne by 828 people.
This surname is most common in Mauritania, where it is borne by 507 people, or 1 in 8,077. In Mauritania it is most common in: Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 30 percent are found, Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 30 percent are found and Brakna Region, where 17 percent are found. Without taking into account Mauritania it exists in 30 countries. It is also common in Morocco, where 20 percent are found and Togo, where 17 percent are found.
Mourou Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Mourou has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Mourou surname increased 125 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mourou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mourou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻮﺭﻭ | mwrw | 88 |
| ﻣﻮﺭ | mwr | 11.2 |
| Mourou in the Russian language | ||
| Моуроу | mourou | - |
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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 Mourou
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