Salimou Surname
Approximately 1,089 people bear this surname
Salimou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 332 | 1:200,068 | 31,101 |
| Niger | 255 | 1:75,263 | 3,330 |
| Mauritania | 189 | 1:21,666 | 1,923 |
| Cameroon | 162 | 1:128,204 | 14,516 |
| Ivory Coast | 111 | 1:207,849 | 8,785 |
| Nigeria | 11 | 1:16,103,887 | 259,204 |
| Senegal | 8 | 1:1,822,418 | 4,361 |
| Algeria | 7 | 1:5,518,793 | 51,529 |
| Benin | 4 | 1:2,583,900 | 73,293 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Salimou (5,694) may also be a first name.
Salimou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Salimou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Salimou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﺎﻟﻴﻤﻮ) occurs more in France more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Salimou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 337,980th most prevalent surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 6,691,961 people. The last name Salimou is mostly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Salimou reside; 61 percent reside in West Africa and 29 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 88,578th most prevalent given name at a global level, borne by 5,694 people.
The last name is most commonly held in France, where it is borne by 332 people, or 1 in 200,068. In France it is most prevalent in: Mayotte, where 92 percent live, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 5 percent live and Île-de-France, where 1 percent live. Barring France Salimou is found in 15 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 23 percent live and Mauritania, where 17 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Salimou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Salimou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﺎﻟﻴﻤﻮ | salymw | 42.76 |
| ﺳﺎﻟﻴﻢ | salym | 36.18 |
| ﺳﺎﻟﻤﻮ | salmw | 14.47 |
| ﺳﺎﻟﻢ | salm | 3.95 |
| ﺳﺎﻟﻤﻮﺍ | salmwa | 0.66 |
| ﺳﻠﻴﻤﻮ | slymw | 0.66 |
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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 Salimou
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