Yarou Surname
Approximately 25,907 people bear this surname
Yarou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 24,186 | 1:427 | 38 |
| Niger | 1,280 | 1:14,994 | 1,010 |
| Ivory Coast | 171 | 1:134,919 | 6,497 |
| Iraq | 121 | 1:289,435 | 5,881 |
| Algeria | 64 | 1:603,618 | 39,274 |
| Ethiopia | 25 | 1:3,901,850 | 10,182 |
| Burkina Faso | 21 | 1:873,910 | 9,338 |
| Cameroon | 8 | 1:2,596,134 | 118,056 |
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| Yemen | 4 | 1:6,606,324 | 25,896 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Haiti | 2 | 1:5,341,954 | 21,336 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Yarou (9,808) may also be a first name.
Yarou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yarou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yarou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻳﺮﻭ) occurs more in Benin more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yarou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 21,054th most common last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 281,296 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Yarou live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 94 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 62,056th most commonly used first name on earth, held by 9,808 people.
The last name is most numerous in Benin, where it is borne by 24,186 people, or 1 in 427. In Benin Yarou is primarily concentrated in: Borgou Department, where 53 percent live, Alibori Department, where 29 percent live and Atakora Department, where 15 percent live. Besides Benin this last name is found in 19 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 5 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yarou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yarou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻳﺮﻭ | yrw | - |
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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
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- 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 Yarou
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