Eminou Surname
Approximately 879 people bear this surname
Eminou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 877 | 1:4,669 | 558 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
Eminou (406) may also be a first name.
Eminou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Eminou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Eminou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺃﻣﻴﻨﻮ) is held by more people in Mauritania than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Eminou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Eminou is the 400,040th most widespread surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 8,290,723 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Eminou live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 427,982nd most frequently used first name worldwide, held by 406 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Mauritania, where it is carried by 877 people, or 1 in 4,669. In Mauritania it is most numerous in: Trarza Region, where 31 percent are found, Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 15 percent are found and Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 12 percent are found. Barring Mauritania this surname is found in one country. It is also common in Cameroon, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Eminou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Eminou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺃﻣﻴﻨﻮ | amynw | 35.93 |
| ﺍﻣﻴﻨﻮ | amynw | 27.64 |
| ﺍﻣﻴﻦ | amyn | 18.59 |
| ﺃﻣﻴﻦ | amyn | 15.83 |
| ﺁﻣﻴﻨﻮ | amynw | 0.5 |
| ﺁﻣﻴﻦ | amyn | 0.5 |
| ﺍﻣﻨﻮ | amnw | 0.25 |
| ﺍﻣﻴﻴﻦ | amyyn | 0.25 |
| ﺍﻣﻴﻨﻮﻩ | amynwh | 0.25 |
| ﺃﻣﻴﻨﻪ | amynh | 0.25 |
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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 Eminou
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