Alirou Surname
Approximately 158 people bear this surname
Alirou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 57 | 1:364,370 | 32,302 |
| Niger | 55 | 1:348,946 | 10,096 |
| Benin | 37 | 1:279,341 | 23,629 |
| Togo | 9 | 1:805,308 | 6,372 |
Alirou (725) may also be a first name.
Alirou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alirou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Alirou is found in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Alirou? popularity and diffusion
Alirou is the 1,385,851st most prevalent last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 46,123,708 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Alirou live; 91 percent live in West Africa and 47 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 306,386th most commonly occurring forename throughout the world, borne by 725 people.
The last name Alirou is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is carried by 57 people, or 1 in 364,370. In Cameroon it is most common in: North Region, where 51 percent live, Far North Region, where 42 percent live and Adamawa Region, where 4 percent live. Apart from Cameroon Alirou occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 35 percent live and Benin, where 23 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 Alirou
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