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
The last name Bemou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻢ) occurs more in Benin more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bemou? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,194,481st most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 36,805,787 people. Bemou is predominantly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Bemou reside; 55 percent reside in West Africa and 45 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,911,214th most frequently used first name at a global level, borne by 30 people.
The last name Bemou is most commonly held in Benin, where it is borne by 56 people, or 1 in 184,564. In Benin Bemou is most numerous in: Atakora Department, where 88 percent reside, Littoral Department, where 11 percent reside and Zou Department, where 2 percent reside. Other than Benin this surname occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 27 percent reside and France, where 23 percent reside.
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
- 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 Bemou
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