Nierou Surname
Approximately 42 people bear this surname
Nierou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senegal | 35 | 1:416,553 | 1,967 |
| Ivory Coast | 7 | 1:3,295,890 | 46,139 |
Nierou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nierou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nierou is more frequently found in Senegal than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Nierou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Nierou is the 3,017,195th most frequent last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 173,512,998 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nierou live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 83 percent live in Senegambia Africa.
This last name is most commonly held in Senegal, where it is carried by 35 people, or 1 in 416,553. In Senegal Nierou is most numerous in: Ziguinchor Region, where 46 percent live, Sédhiou Region, where 34 percent live and Dakar Region, where 9 percent live. Beside Senegal it occurs in one country. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 17 percent live.
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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 Nierou
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