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 carried by more people in Togo than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Parou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Parou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Parou is the 260,578th most commonly used last name in the world, held by around 1 in 4,835,797 people. This last name occurs predominantly 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. It is also the 397,789th most frequently used forename worldwide, held by 460 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Togo, where it is borne by 630 people, or 1 in 11,504. Not including Togo Parou is found in 12 countries. It also occurs in Burkina Faso, where 20 percent reside and France, where 14 percent reside.
Parou Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Parou has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Parou last name grew 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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