Himou Surname
Approximately 1,663 people bear this surname
Himou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 1,628 | 1:11,789 | 857 |
| Ivory Coast | 24 | 1:961,301 | 23,927 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
Himou (1,410) may also be a first name.
Himou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Himou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Himou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻫﻴﻤﻮ) occurs more in Niger more than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Himou? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 240,523rd most commonly used last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 4,382,168 people. The last name Himou occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Himou live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Chadic Africa. Himou is also the 208,047th most commonly occurring given name in the world, held by 1,410 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Niger, where it is carried by 1,628 people, or 1 in 11,789. In Niger Himou is most common in: Tillabéri Region, where 67 percent are found, Dosso Region, where 17 percent are found and Niamey Capital District, where 12 percent are found. Besides Niger this surname is found in 9 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 1 percent are found and Algeria, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Himou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Himou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻫﻴﻤﻮ | hymw | - |
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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 Himou
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