Pemou Surname

687,524th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 431 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Burkina Faso
Highest density in:
Burkina Faso

Pemou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pemou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Burkina Faso4141:44,3292,107
Ivory Coast111:2,097,38537,425
Congo51:997,81917,129
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406

Pemou (14) may also be a first name.

Pemou Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Pemou Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Pemou is more commonly found in Burkina Faso than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pemou? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 687,524th most prevalent family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 16,908,459 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Pemou reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 93 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Pemou is also the 3,024,661st most numerous first name at a global level, held by 14 people.

Pemou is most widespread in Burkina Faso, where it is carried by 414 people, or 1 in 44,329. In Burkina Faso Pemou is most frequent in: Hauts-Bassins Region, where 82 percent reside, Boucle du Mouhoun Region, where 6 percent reside and Cascades Region, where 6 percent reside. Barring Burkina Faso it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 3 percent reside and The Congo, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Peymou9137/
Pemouy911/
Piemou911/
Pemo894,066/
Pemu89883/
Pemeyou832/
Peumoue831/
Phemo80246/
Pemmu80143/
Pemot80132/
Piemo8070/
Peamo8060/
Pimou8056/
Pemau8042/
Peimo8036/
Peumo8027/
Peemu8018/
Pemut8014/
Pemos8011/
Pejmo807/
Pemuu807/
Pemod805/
Pesmo803/
Pemoh803/
Peimu803/
Piemu802/
Peemo802/
Peamu801/
Pemus801/
Pemoe801/
Phemu801/
Pemuy801/
Peymo801/
Peumeu7341/
Peemot7321/
Pemuji737/
Pemoss735/
Pemejo734/
Pemayo734/
Pemeio733/
Piemeu732/
Pismou732/
Phemgu731/
Phhemo731/
Poimou731/
Pimout731/
Pehmot731/
Pemuya731/
Pemojo731/
Pemodh731/
Peamoh731/
Pemoja731/
Pemmui731/
Pemmus731/
Peimus730/
Pema677,977/
Pimo67390/
Peymood67127/
Peymaud6735/
Phetmoo6734/
Pimu6721/
Pimoult6711/
Paymous671/
Pemeiio671/
Pymo671/
Pemowie671/
Peymeau671/
Piemowe671/
Pehetmo671/
Pimgoue671/
Pjmo671/
Phimoup671/
Phetmoi671/
Pemeaux670/

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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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  • 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 Pemou
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