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 in Algeria more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms: Mémou. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Memou? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 441,383rd most common last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 9,403,285 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 83 percent of Memou live; 49 percent live in North Africa and 49 percent live in Mahgreb. Memou is also the 181,162nd most commonly held forename on earth, borne by 1,783 people.
The surname Memou is most prevalent in Algeria, where it is held by 378 people, or 1 in 102,200. In Algeria Memou is most numerous in: Tlemcen Province, where 53 percent reside, Sétif Province, where 45 percent reside and Algiers Province, where 1 percent reside. Excluding Algeria this last name is found in 12 countries. It also occurs in Mauritania, where 31 percent reside and Greece, where 16 percent reside.
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
- 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 Memou
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