Loumou Surname
Approximately 1,104 people bear this surname
Loumou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 970 | 1:21,411 | 2,916 |
| Greece | 57 | 1:194,382 | 30,902 |
| Niger | 33 | 1:581,576 | 14,627 |
| Benin | 11 | 1:939,600 | 46,216 |
| Indonesia | 10 | 1:13,224,919 | 434,432 |
| Congo | 8 | 1:623,637 | 15,053 |
| France | 5 | 1:13,284,544 | 357,392 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Loumou (48) may also be a first name.
Loumou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Loumou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Loumou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻟﻮﻣﻮ) is most common in Cameroon. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of Loumou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Loumou? popularity and diffusion
Loumou is the 334,403rd most commonly used family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 6,601,038 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 93 percent of Loumou live; 70 percent live in Central Africa and 65 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Loumou is also the 1,448,253rd most widespread first name worldwide. It is borne by 48 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is held by 970 people, or 1 in 21,411. In Cameroon Loumou is mostly found in: Centre Region, where 42 percent reside, Littoral Region, where 21 percent reside and Far North Region, where 16 percent reside. Not including Cameroon Loumou exists in 11 countries. It also occurs in Greece, where 5 percent reside and Niger, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Loumou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Loumou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻟﻮﻣﻮ | lwmw | - |
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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 Loumou
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