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
Samarou (Hindi: सामरौ) is more frequently found in Togo than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Samarou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 330,363rd most numerous family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 6,500,933 people. Samarou is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Samarou reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,301,746th most common first name world-wide, held by 22 people.
The last name is most numerous in Togo, where it is borne by 1,050 people, or 1 in 6,903. Without taking into account Togo it is found in 10 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 4 percent are found and Niger, where 1 percent are found.
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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