Laminou Surname

42,973rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12,112 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Niger
Highest density in:
Niger

Laminou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Laminou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Niger10,6851:1,796207
Cameroon6951:29,8844,041
Chad5781:23,5162,818
Benin1341:77,1319,191
Algeria41:9,657,88864,782
Morocco41:8,619,02573,251
China21:683,660,78330,601
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Central African Republic11:4,515,3901,196
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
France11:66,422,722504,397
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Togo11:7,247,76812,049

Laminou (26,763) may also be a first name.

Laminou Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Laminou Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Laminou has its highest incidence in Niger. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Laminou click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Laminou? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 42,973rd most numerous surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 601,680 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Laminou are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 94 percent are found in Chadic Africa. Laminou is also the 30,398th most frequently held forename in the world, held by 26,763 people.

The surname is most commonly used in Niger, where it is carried by 10,685 people, or 1 in 1,796. In Niger Laminou is most frequent in: Zinder Region, where 75 percent reside, Maradi Region, where 13 percent reside and Diffa Region, where 5 percent reside. Not including Niger this surname is found in 15 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 6 percent reside and Chad, where 5 percent reside.

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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 Laminou
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