Samarou Surname
Approximately 1,121 people bear this surname
Samarou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Togo | 1,050 | 1:6,903 | 1,501 |
| Benin | 41 | 1:252,088 | 22,137 |
| Niger | 11 | 1:1,744,729 | 34,351 |
| Algeria | 8 | 1:4,828,944 | 49,535 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Samarou (22) may also be a first name.
Samarou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samarou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Samarou (Hindi: सामरौ) is found most frequently in Togo. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of Samarou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Samarou? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 330,363rd most commonly held last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 6,500,933 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Samarou are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Samarou is also the 2,301,746th most frequent first name worldwide, held by 22 people.
This surname is most widely held in Togo, where it is carried by 1,050 people, or 1 in 6,903. Other than Togo Samarou exists in 10 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 4 percent reside and Niger, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Samarou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Samarou in the Hindi language | ||
| सामरौ | samarau | - |
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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 Samarou
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