Omarou Surname
Approximately 590 people bear this surname
Omarou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 369 | 1:28,010 | 3,700 |
| Niger | 142 | 1:135,155 | 5,116 |
| Cameroon | 45 | 1:461,535 | 38,189 |
| Mauritania | 21 | 1:194,993 | 9,876 |
| Ivory Coast | 7 | 1:3,295,890 | 46,139 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
Omarou (700) may also be a first name.
Omarou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Omarou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Omarou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻋﻤﺎﺭﻭ) is more frequently found in Benin than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Omarou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 543,414th most prevalent family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 12,351,773 people. The last name Omarou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Omarou reside; 91 percent reside in West Africa and 63 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 312,341st most widely held given name on earth, borne by 700 people.
The last name Omarou is most prevalent in Benin, where it is held by 369 people, or 1 in 28,010. In Benin Omarou is most common in: Borgou Department, where 34 percent live, Alibori Department, where 28 percent live and Collines Department, where 12 percent live. Outside of Benin it exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 24 percent live and Cameroon, where 8 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Omarou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Omarou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻋﻤﺎﺭﻭ | marw | 87.5 |
| ﻋﻤﺎﺭ | mar | 12.5 |
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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 Omarou
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