Bemou Surname
Approximately 198 people bear this surname
Bemou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 56 | 1:184,564 | 17,920 |
| Ivory Coast | 53 | 1:435,306 | 14,482 |
| France | 46 | 1:1,443,972 | 140,296 |
| Cameroon | 34 | 1:610,855 | 46,287 |
| Mauritania | 5 | 1:818,973 | 23,459 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Bemou (30) may also be a first name.
Bemou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bemou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bemou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻢ) is found most in Benin. It can be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bemou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,194,481st most frequently occurring last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 36,805,787 people. The last name Bemou is mostly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Bemou live; 55 percent live in West Africa and 45 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,911,214th most numerous first name worldwide It is held by 30 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Benin, where it is carried by 56 people, or 1 in 184,564. In Benin Bemou is most common in: Atakora Department, where 88 percent are found, Littoral Department, where 11 percent are found and Zou Department, where 2 percent are found. Aside from Benin this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 27 percent are found and France, where 23 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bemou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bemou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻢ | bm | - |
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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 Bemou
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