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) is held by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Alimou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 695,980th most frequently occurring last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 17,187,608 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Alimou reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 64 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 83,744th most frequently used first name at a global level, borne by 6,217 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Benin, where it is carried by 269 people, or 1 in 38,422. In Benin Alimou is most frequent in: Borgou Department, where 88 percent are found, Donga Department, where 6 percent are found and Collines Department, where 4 percent are found. Beside Benin Alimou occurs 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
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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 Alimou
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