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 more commonly found in Benin than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms: Alémou. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Alemou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,136,896th most commonly occurring family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 34,375,217 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Alemou live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,201,840th most commonly held first name worldwide, borne by 66 people.
It is most commonly used in Benin, where it is held by 200 people, or 1 in 51,678. In Benin it is most common in: Ouémé Department, where 38 percent live, Plateau Department, where 29 percent live and Littoral Department, where 13 percent live. Barring Benin this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also found 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
- 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 Alemou
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