Oumaarou Surname
Approximately 79 people bear this surname
Oumaarou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 78 | 1:246,052 | 7,845 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
The alternate forms: Oumãarou (2) & Oumaãrou (1) are calculated separately.
Oumaarou (15) may also be a first name.
Oumaarou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oumaarou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Oumaarou is held by more people in Niger than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Oumãarou or Oumaãrou. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Oumaarou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,121,169th most frequently used family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 92,247,417 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Oumaarou are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most widely held first name world-wide. It is borne by 15 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Niger, where it is borne by 78 people, or 1 in 246,052. In Niger it is most common in: Zinder Region, where 26 percent live, Tillabéri Region, where 23 percent live and Tahoua Region, where 19 percent live. Outside of Niger Oumaarou is found in one country. It is also common in Benin, where 1 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 Oumaarou
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