Alemou Surname
Approximately 212 people bear this surname
Alemou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 200 | 1:51,678 | 6,508 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
The alternate forms: Alémou (1) are calculated separately.
Alemou (66) may also be a first name.
Alemou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alemou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Alemou is carried by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It can appear as: Alémou. Click here for other potential spellings of Alemou.
How Common Is The Last Name Alemou? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,136,896th most numerous family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 34,375,217 people. The surname Alemou occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Alemou are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,201,840th most commonly used first name world-wide, borne by 66 people.
The last name is most numerous in Benin, where it is borne by 200 people, or 1 in 51,678. In Benin Alemou is mostly found in: Ouémé Department, where 38 percent live, Plateau Department, where 29 percent live and Littoral Department, where 13 percent live. Apart from Benin Alemou exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Ethiopia, where 2 percent live and Togo, where 2 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
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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 Alemou
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