Oimarou Surname
Approximately 24 people bear this surname
Oimarou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 15 | 1:1,279,468 | 26,841 |
| Cameroon | 9 | 1:2,307,674 | 112,590 |
Oimarou (11) may also be a first name.
Oimarou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oimarou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Oimarou is more commonly found in Niger than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Oimarou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,034,050th most commonly occurring last name globally, held by around 1 in 303,647,746 people. The surname Oimarou occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Oimarou live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most commonly held first name worldwide. It is borne by 11 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Niger, where it is held by 15 people, or 1 in 1,279,468. In Niger Oimarou is most common in: Dosso Region, where 33 percent live, Tahoua Region, where 27 percent live and Maradi Region, where 13 percent live. Excluding Niger it exists in one country. It is also found in Cameroon, where 38 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 Oimarou
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