Nomou Surname
Approximately 115 people bear this surname
Nomou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 51 | 1:3,473,387 | 102,969 |
| Niger | 30 | 1:639,734 | 15,675 |
| Papua New Guinea | 27 | 1:301,990 | 40,635 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Nomou (68) may also be a first name.
Nomou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nomou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nomou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻧﻮﻣﻮ) is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nomou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,701,480th most commonly occurring family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 63,369,964 people. The surname Nomou is primarily found in Africa, where 75 percent of Nomou reside; 72 percent reside in West Africa and 45 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,181,159th most frequently used forename throughout the world, borne by 68 people.
The last name Nomou is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 51 people, or 1 in 3,473,387. In Nigeria Nomou is most prevalent in: Sokoto, where 63 percent reside, Zamfara, where 20 percent reside and Lagos, where 10 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria this last name occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 26 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 23 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nomou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nomou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻧﻮﻣﻮ | nwmw | 33.33 |
| ﻧﺎﻣﻮ | namw | 33.33 |
| ﺍﻟﻨﺎﻣﻮ | alnamw | 33.33 |
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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 Nomou
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