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
The surname Parou (Hindi: पारौ, Oriya: ପାରାଉ) is found most frequently in Togo. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of Parou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Parou? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 260,578th most commonly held family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 4,835,797 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 73 percent of Parou are found; 73 percent are found in West Africa and 46 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Parou is also the 397,789th most commonly occurring forename globally. It is borne by 460 people.
The last name Parou is most numerous in Togo, where it is held by 630 people, or 1 in 11,504. Apart from Togo this last name exists in 12 countries. It is also common in Burkina Faso, where 20 percent reside and France, where 14 percent reside.
Parou Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Parou has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Parou surname expanded 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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