Salihou Surname
Approximately 19,659 people bear this surname
Salihou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 8,898 | 1:2,334 | 255 |
| Niger | 8,094 | 1:2,371 | 252 |
| Chad | 1,444 | 1:9,413 | 1,247 |
| Mali | 1,033 | 1:16,427 | 669 |
| Benin | 141 | 1:73,302 | 8,816 |
| Ivory Coast | 19 | 1:1,214,275 | 27,625 |
| Mauritania | 15 | 1:272,991 | 12,403 |
| Greece | 3 | 1:3,693,263 | 126,191 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Salihou (9,486) may also be a first name.
Salihou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Salihou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Salihou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺻﺎﻟﺢ) is found most frequently in Cameroon. It can be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Salihou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 27,336th most commonly used family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 370,698 people. The surname Salihou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Salihou live; 78 percent live in West Africa and 54 percent live in Chadic Africa. Salihou is also the 63,472nd most commonly occurring first name world-wide, held by 9,486 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is held by 8,898 people, or 1 in 2,334. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: Adamawa Region, where 29 percent reside, North Region, where 29 percent reside and Far North Region, where 17 percent reside. Other than Cameroon it occurs in 17 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 41 percent reside and Chad, where 7 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Salihou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Salihou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺻﺎﻟﺢ | salh | 68.75 |
| ﺻﺎﻟﺤﻮ | salhw | 25 |
| ﺻﺎﻟﻴﺢ | salyh | 6.25 |
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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 Salihou
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