Nairou Surname
Approximately 22 people bear this surname
Nairou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 10 | 1:2,076,907 | 105,188 |
| Niger | 10 | 1:1,919,202 | 37,248 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Naïrou (1) are calculated separately.
Nairou (97) may also be a first name.
Nairou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nairou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nairou is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant: Naïrou. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nairou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Nairou is the 4,206,983rd most prevalent surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 331,252,087 people. The last name Nairou is primarily found in Africa, where 95 percent of Nairou reside; 91 percent reside in West Africa and 82 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 962,660th most frequently held given name at a global level, held by 97 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 2,076,907. In Cameroon Nairou is most frequent in: North Region, where 90 percent are found and West Region, where 10 percent are found. Beside Cameroon this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 45 percent are found and Guinea, where 5 percent are found.
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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 Nairou
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