Felemou Surname
Approximately 2,011 people bear this surname
Felemou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guinea | 1,961 | 1:6,035 | 253 |
| Ivory Coast | 46 | 1:501,549 | 15,911 |
| Mali | 4 | 1:4,242,259 | 2,433 |
Felemou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Felemou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Felemou is found most in Guinea. It may appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Felemou.
How Common Is The Last Name Felemou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 206,145th most commonly occurring family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 3,623,842 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Felemou are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Mande Africa.
Felemou is most common in Guinea, where it is held by 1,961 people, or 1 in 6,035. In Guinea it is most prevalent in: Nzérékoré Region, where 73 percent live, Kankan Region, where 13 percent live and Kindia Region, where 8 percent live. Excluding Guinea this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 2 percent live and Mali, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Felemu | 92 | 291 | / |
| Felemo | 92 | 4 | / |
| Feulemo | 86 | 13 | / |
| Velemu | 77 | 857 | / |
| Felema | 77 | 203 | / |
| Velemo | 77 | 71 | / |
| Filemo | 77 | 63 | / |
| Filemu | 77 | 29 | / |
| Felimo | 77 | 3 | / |
| Felimu | 77 | 2 | / |
| Felemei | 71 | 18 | / |
| Felismo | 71 | 4 | / |
| Phelemo | 71 | 2 | / |
| Phelemu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Filemod | 71 | 1 | / |
| Felimos | 71 | 1 | / |
| Felaimo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Feliema | 71 | 1 | / |
| Felemie | 71 | 1 | / |
| Vhelemo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Filemot | 71 | 0 | / |
| Vhellemu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Filimous | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Felemou
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