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
The last name Alemou occurs in Benin more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms: Alémou. Click here for further possible spellings of Alemou.
How Common Is The Last Name Alemou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Alemou is the 1,136,896th most widespread last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 34,375,217 people. The last name Alemou occurs mostly 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 frequently occurring first name internationally, borne by 66 people.
It is most widespread in Benin, where it is borne by 200 people, or 1 in 51,678. In Benin Alemou is most numerous in: Ouémé Department, where 38 percent are found, Plateau Department, where 29 percent are found and Littoral Department, where 13 percent are found. Without taking into account Benin Alemou exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Ethiopia, where 2 percent are found and Togo, where 2 percent are found.
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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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