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 last name Felemou is borne by more people in Guinea than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Felemou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Felemou is the 206,145th most numerous last name in the world, held by around 1 in 3,623,842 people. The surname Felemou occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Felemou are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Mande Africa.
The surname is most frequently held in Guinea, where it is carried by 1,961 people, or 1 in 6,035. In Guinea it is most prevalent in: Nzérékoré Region, where 73 percent are found, Kankan Region, where 13 percent are found and Kindia Region, where 8 percent are found. Excluding Guinea this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 2 percent are found and Mali, where 0 percent are found.
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
- 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 Felemou
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