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 most in France. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Salimou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 337,980th most commonly occurring surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 6,691,961 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Salimou reside; 61 percent reside in West Africa and 29 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. Salimou is also the 88,578th most commonly occurring first name in the world It is held by 5,694 people.
The surname Salimou is most frequently held in France, where it is carried by 332 people, or 1 in 200,068. In France it is primarily concentrated in: Mayotte, where 92 percent reside, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 5 percent reside and Île-de-France, where 1 percent reside. Barring France this last name exists in 15 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 23 percent reside and Mauritania, where 17 percent reside.
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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