Salmanou Surname

318,279th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,176 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Chad
Highest density in:
Chad

Salmanou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Salmanou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Chad6741:20,1662,465
Niger3971:48,3432,437
Cameroon541:384,61233,542
Benin501:206,71219,428
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051

Salmanou (863) may also be a first name.

Salmanou Last Name Facts

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

The last name Salmanou is most common in Chad. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Salmanou? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 318,279th most widespread last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 6,196,893 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Salmanou live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 91 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 277,131st most frequent given name internationally It is held by 863 people.

The last name Salmanou is most frequently used in Chad, where it is carried by 674 people, or 1 in 20,166. Outside of Chad it exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 34 percent live and Cameroon, where 5 percent live.

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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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  • 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 Salmanou
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