Ouamrou Surname

358,932nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,010 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Niger
Highest density in:
Niger

Ouamrou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Ouamrou Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Niger9741:19,7041,242
Cameroon321:649,03348,340
Benin21:5,167,80184,334
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869

Ouamrou (594) may also be a first name.

Ouamrou Last Name Facts

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

Ouamrou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻋﻤﺎﺭﻭ) occurs in Niger more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ouamrou? popularity and diffusion

Ouamrou is the 358,932nd most numerous last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 7,215,392 people. Ouamrou is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ouamrou reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 343,155th most numerous forename throughout the world, borne by 594 people.

The surname Ouamrou is most commonly used in Niger, where it is carried by 974 people, or 1 in 19,704. In Niger Ouamrou is primarily concentrated in: Tahoua Region, where 30 percent live, Zinder Region, where 20 percent live and Dosso Region, where 20 percent live. Barring Niger this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 3 percent live and Benin, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ouammrou931/
Ouamrous931/
Ouamro921/
Ouamroi861/
Oamro834/
Ouamra7716/
Ouonrou714/
Aomro671/
Ohamra623/
Oanroh621/
Aoomro621/
Ohamhra573/
Houanra571/
Guhonrou531/
Ojeanero531/
Ayonrouh531/
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Ouamrou Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Ouamrou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻋﻤﺎﺭﻭmarw-

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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 Ouamrou
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