Jimou Surname
Approximately 45 people bear this surname
Jimou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 32 | 1:5,535,711 | 139,404 |
| Niger | 8 | 1:2,399,002 | 43,750 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Jimou (2,456) may also be a first name.
Jimou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jimou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Jimou occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Jimou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,909,720th most commonly occurring last name globally, held by around 1 in 161,945,465 people. Jimou occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Jimou reside; 93 percent reside in West Africa and 73 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 149,252nd most prevalent given name worldwide, borne by 2,456 people.
The surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 32 people, or 1 in 5,535,711. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Lagos, where 31 percent are found, Kwara, where 19 percent are found and Federal Capital Territory, where 16 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria it exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 18 percent are found and Cameroon, where 7 percent are found.
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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 Jimou
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