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) occurs in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Loumou.
How Common Is The Last Name Loumou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 334,403rd most frequently held surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 6,601,038 people. The surname Loumou is predominantly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Loumou live; 70 percent live in Central Africa and 65 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,448,253rd most frequently used first name globally. It is borne by 48 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is held by 970 people, or 1 in 21,411. In Cameroon Loumou is most numerous in: Centre Region, where 42 percent are found, Littoral Region, where 21 percent are found and Far North Region, where 16 percent are found. Other than Cameroon this last name occurs in 11 countries. It is also found in Greece, where 5 percent are found and Niger, where 3 percent are found.
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
- 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 Loumou
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