Bilewou Surname

2,718,172nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 51 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Benin

Bilewou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bilewou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Benin481:215,32519,968
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603

Bilewou Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Bilewou Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Bilewou is borne by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Bilewou.

How Common Is The Last Name Bilewou? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,718,172nd most frequently used last name in the world, held by around 1 in 142,893,057 people. The surname Bilewou is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Bilewou reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This surname is most frequently held in Benin, where it is carried by 48 people, or 1 in 215,325. In Benin it is most common in: Plateau Department, where 98 percent live and Zou Department, where 2 percent live. Other than Benin this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 6 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bilewu92573/
Bilewo924/
Bilewuu868/
Bilewau863/
Bailewo861/
Belewou861/
Bhilewu861/
Bilevoux800/
Belewu77111/
Bilebo7745/
Biliwo774/
Belewo774/
Biliwu772/
Vilewo771/
Bilevo771/
Bilevu771/
Bilewa771/
Bilibou71113/
Bioliwu717/
Bilewad716/
Beilebo715/
Bailebo715/
Beilewa711/
Belewuo711/
Belebou711/
Bailewa711/
Belevou710/
Baileywoods671/
Bilivouh671/
Bilevuch671/
Bhilewad671/
Bailiwop671/

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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 Bilewou
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