Namarou Surname

2,776,799th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 49 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Niger
Highest density in:
Niger

Namarou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Namarou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Niger201:959,60121,357
Ivory Coast191:1,214,27527,625
Burkina Faso101:1,835,21014,348

Namarou (167) may also be a first name.

Namarou Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Namarou Come From? nationality or country of origin

Namarou is borne by more people in Niger than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Namarou.

How Common Is The Last Name Namarou? popularity and diffusion

The last name Namarou is the 2,776,799th most frequently held family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 148,725,427 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 90 percent of Namarou live; 90 percent live in West Africa and 49 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Namarou is also the 708,111th most commonly occurring first name globally. It is borne by 167 people.

This surname is most frequently held in Niger, where it is held by 20 people, or 1 in 959,601. In Niger Namarou is mostly found in: Diffa Region, where 65 percent are found, Tahoua Region, where 10 percent are found and Zinder Region, where 10 percent are found. Apart from Niger it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 39 percent are found and Burkina Faso, where 20 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 Namarou
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