Alimou Surname
Approximately 424 people bear this surname
Alimou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 269 | 1:38,422 | 4,955 |
| Cameroon | 121 | 1:171,645 | 18,315 |
| Niger | 21 | 1:913,906 | 20,544 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Alimou (6,217) may also be a first name.
Alimou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alimou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Alimou (Hindi: अलीमौ) occurs in Benin more than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Alimou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Alimou is the 695,980th most common family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 17,187,608 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Alimou live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 64 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Alimou is also the 83,744th most widely held given name in the world. It is borne by 6,217 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Benin, where it is carried by 269 people, or 1 in 38,422. In Benin it is mostly concentrated in: Borgou Department, where 88 percent are found, Donga Department, where 6 percent are found and Collines Department, where 4 percent are found. Not including Benin Alimou is found in 10 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 29 percent are found and Niger, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Alimou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Alimou in the Hindi language | ||
| अलीमौ | alimau | 78.57 |
| अलीमौ॰ | alimau | 21.43 |
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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 Alimou
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