Kemou Surname
Approximately 1,577 people bear this surname
Kemou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 1,316 | 1:14,584 | 992 |
| Cameroon | 100 | 1:207,691 | 21,269 |
| Benin | 96 | 1:107,663 | 12,089 |
| Greece | 21 | 1:527,609 | 66,013 |
| Solomon Islands | 14 | 1:41,431 | 8,080 |
| Liberia | 10 | 1:440,854 | 21,753 |
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 1:7,690,411 | 57,263 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
Kemou (1,072) may also be a first name.
Kemou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kemou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kemou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻤﻮ) is found most frequently in Niger. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kemou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 251,268th most widespread family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,621,145 people. The last name Kemou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Kemou live; 91 percent live in West Africa and 84 percent live in Chadic Africa. Kemou is also the 244,199th most numerous first name on earth, borne by 1,072 people.
The last name Kemou is most common in Niger, where it is carried by 1,316 people, or 1 in 14,584. In Niger Kemou is primarily concentrated in: Dosso Region, where 81 percent reside, Niamey Capital District, where 8 percent reside and Tillabéri Region, where 8 percent reside. Excluding Niger this last name exists in 15 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 6 percent reside and Benin, where 6 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kemou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kemou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻤﻮ | kmw | 66.67 |
| ﻛﻢ | km | 33.33 |
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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 Kemou
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