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 surname Alemou occurs in Benin more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms: Alémou. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Alemou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,136,896th most frequently occurring last name globally, held by around 1 in 34,375,217 people. This surname 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. Alemou is also the 1,201,840th most common forename world-wide, borne by 66 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Benin, where it is carried by 200 people, or 1 in 51,678. In Benin it is mostly concentrated in: Ouémé Department, where 38 percent are found, Plateau Department, where 29 percent are found and Littoral Department, where 13 percent are found. Excluding Benin this last name is found 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
- 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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