Sirou Surname
Approximately 579 people bear this surname
Sirou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 267 | 1:38,710 | 4,993 |
| France | 176 | 1:377,402 | 56,030 |
| Ivory Coast | 48 | 1:480,651 | 15,491 |
| Papua New Guinea | 30 | 1:271,791 | 36,992 |
| Belgium | 30 | 1:383,221 | 41,070 |
| Cambodia | 4 | 1:3,871,786 | 9,580 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sirou (502) may also be a first name.
Sirou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sirou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sirou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻴﺮﻭ) occurs in Benin more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sirou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 551,387th most commonly held surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 12,586,435 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 57 percent of Sirou are found; 55 percent are found in West Africa and 54 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 378,365th most prevalent given name on earth, borne by 502 people.
Sirou is most commonly used in Benin, where it is carried by 267 people, or 1 in 38,710. In Benin it is most frequent in: Alibori Department, where 57 percent live, Donga Department, where 27 percent live and Atakora Department, where 10 percent live. Apart from Benin Sirou exists in 19 countries. It is also common in France, where 30 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 8 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sirou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sirou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﻴﺮﻭ | syrw | 60 |
| ﺳﻴﺮﻭﻱ | syrwy | 20 |
| ﺳﻴﺮﻭﺭ | syrwr | 20 |
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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 Sirou
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