Samenou Surname
Approximately 44 people bear this surname
Samenou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 33 | 1:313,200 | 25,349 |
| Cameroon | 10 | 1:2,076,907 | 105,188 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
Samenou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samenou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Samenou is most common in Benin. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Samenou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Samenou is the 2,944,094th most widespread last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 165,626,044 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Samenou reside; 75 percent reside in West Africa and 75 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Samenou is most widely held in Benin, where it is borne by 33 people, or 1 in 313,200. In Benin Samenou is mostly concentrated in: Mono Department, where 94 percent are found, Plateau Department, where 3 percent are found and Zou Department, where 3 percent are found. Barring Benin it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 23 percent are found and Iran, where 2 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 Samenou
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