Salimanou Surname

4,206,983rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 22 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Benin

Salimanou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Salimanou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Benin161:645,97538,126
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679

Salimanou (97) may also be a first name.

Salimanou Last Name Facts

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

The surname Salimanou is carried by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Salimanou? popularity and diffusion

Salimanou is the 4,206,983rd most widespread surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 331,252,087 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 95 percent of Salimanou live; 91 percent live in West Africa and 82 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Salimanou is also the 962,660th most commonly used first name internationally It is held by 97 people.

This last name is most prevalent in Benin, where it is held by 16 people, or 1 in 645,975. In Benin it is most numerous in: Plateau Department, where 69 percent are found, Borgou Department, where 13 percent are found and Donga Department, where 6 percent are found. Other than Benin Salimanou is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 9 percent are found and Nigeria, where 9 percent are found.

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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 Salimanou
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