Saminou Surname
Approximately 5,555 people bear this surname
Saminou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 5,310 | 1:3,614 | 348 |
| Congo | 212 | 1:23,533 | 2,604 |
| Cameroon | 14 | 1:1,483,505 | 83,777 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Saminou (16,676) may also be a first name.
Saminou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Saminou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Saminou is found most frequently in Niger. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Saminou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Saminou is the 86,700th most frequently used family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 1,311,889 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Saminou are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 96 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 43,121st most common first name on earth It is held by 16,676 people.
Saminou is most frequent in Niger, where it is held by 5,310 people, or 1 in 3,614. In Niger Saminou is most prevalent in: Maradi Region, where 62 percent reside, Zinder Region, where 25 percent reside and Tahoua Region, where 5 percent reside. Apart from Niger this last name occurs in 11 countries. It also occurs in The Congo, where 4 percent reside and Cameroon, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Saminou
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