Umarou Surname
Approximately 705 people bear this surname
Umarou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 655 | 1:31,709 | 4,272 |
| Niger | 41 | 1:468,098 | 12,501 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Benin | 4 | 1:2,583,900 | 73,293 |
The alternate forms: Ùmarou (2) are calculated separately.
Umarou (1,476) may also be a first name.
Umarou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Umarou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Umarou has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It may also be rendered as a variant: Ùmarou. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Umarou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 474,683rd most frequently held last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 10,336,945 people. The last name Umarou occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Umarou live; 90 percent live in Central Africa and 90 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Umarou is also the 202,591st most commonly occurring forename in the world, held by 1,476 people.
The last name Umarou is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is held by 655 people, or 1 in 31,709. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Northwest Region, where 89 percent live, West Region, where 5 percent live and Adamawa Region, where 3 percent live. Aside from Cameroon this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 6 percent live and Nigeria, where 1 percent live.
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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 Umarou
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