Memou Surname
Approximately 775 people bear this surname
Memou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 378 | 1:102,200 | 15,102 |
| Mauritania | 243 | 1:16,851 | 1,567 |
| Greece | 122 | 1:90,818 | 15,316 |
| Cameroon | 20 | 1:1,038,453 | 65,513 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
The alternate forms: Mémou (1) are calculated separately.
Memou (1,783) may also be a first name.
Memou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Memou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Memou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻤﻮ) is found most in Algeria. It can be found in the variant forms: Mémou. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Memou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 441,383rd most widely held family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 9,403,285 people. The surname Memou is primarily found in Africa, where 83 percent of Memou reside; 49 percent reside in North Africa and 49 percent reside in Mahgreb. It is also the 181,162nd most frequently held first name at a global level, borne by 1,783 people.
The last name is most widespread in Algeria, where it is borne by 378 people, or 1 in 102,200. In Algeria it is mostly concentrated in: Tlemcen Province, where 53 percent live, Sétif Province, where 45 percent live and Algiers Province, where 1 percent live. Outside of Algeria this last name is found in 12 countries. It also occurs in Mauritania, where 31 percent live and Greece, where 16 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Memou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Memou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻤﻮ | mmw | 75.82 |
| ﻣﻢ | mm | 20.88 |
| ﺍﻣﻤﻮ | ammw | 2.2 |
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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 Memou
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