Parou Surname
Approximately 1,507 people bear this surname
Parou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Togo | 630 | 1:11,504 | 2,968 |
| Burkina Faso | 299 | 1:61,378 | 2,491 |
| France | 211 | 1:314,800 | 47,893 |
| Niger | 160 | 1:119,950 | 4,692 |
| Iran | 88 | 1:872,529 | 42,309 |
| Papua New Guinea | 64 | 1:127,402 | 17,396 |
| Greece | 38 | 1:291,573 | 42,990 |
| Benin | 9 | 1:1,148,400 | 50,768 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Parou (460) may also be a first name.
Parou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Parou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Parou (Hindi: पारौ, Oriya: ପାରାଉ) occurs more in Togo more than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Parou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 260,578th most frequently occurring last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,835,797 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 73 percent of Parou live; 73 percent live in West Africa and 46 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Parou is also the 397,789th most frequently used first name worldwide, held by 460 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Togo, where it is borne by 630 people, or 1 in 11,504. Outside of Togo this surname occurs in 12 countries. It is also found in Burkina Faso, where 20 percent reside and France, where 14 percent reside.
Parou Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Parou has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Parou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Parou in the Oriya language | ||
| ପାରାଉ | para'u | - |
| Parou in the Hindi language | ||
| पारौ | parau | 85.71 |
| परूली | paruli | 14.29 |
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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 Parou
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