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
Yarou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻳﺮﻭ) is most common in Benin. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yarou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 21,054th most commonly used surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 281,296 people. It occurs mostly 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 widespread forename worldwide, held by 9,808 people.
It is most numerous in Benin, where it is borne by 24,186 people, or 1 in 427. In Benin it is most frequent in: Borgou Department, where 53 percent reside, Alibori Department, where 29 percent reside and Atakora Department, where 15 percent reside. Besides Benin Yarou occurs in 19 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 5 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, where 1 percent reside.
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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