Sembelou Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Sembelou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 7 | 1:584,980 | 20,004 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Sembelou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sembelou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sembelou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻤﺒﻞ) is more frequently found in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sembelou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,723,624th most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name Sembelou occurs mostly in Africa, where 88 percent of Sembelou are found; 88 percent are found in West Africa and 88 percent are found in Senegambia Africa.
The last name is most widely held in Mauritania, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 584,980. In Mauritania it is most common in: Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 86 percent reside and Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 14 percent reside. Barring Mauritania this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 13 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sembelu | 93 | 13 | / |
| Sembelo | 93 | 6 | / |
| Simbelou | 88 | 15 | / |
| Senbelou | 88 | 2 | / |
| Sembilou | 88 | 2 | / |
| Sembela | 80 | 429 | / |
| Zembelo | 80 | 2 | / |
| Simbelo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Sembilu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Sembilo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Shembilu | 75 | 2,308 | / |
| Sembelya | 75 | 129 | / |
| Sembelie | 75 | 5 | / |
| Sembelia | 75 | 4 | / |
| Ssembilo | 75 | 4 | / |
| Ssembela | 75 | 3 | / |
| Chembelu | 75 | 3 | / |
| Sinbelou | 75 | 1 | / |
| Zimbelou | 75 | 1 | / |
| Sembeleya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Cheembelo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Senwelo | 67 | 900 | / |
| Zembela | 67 | 385 | / |
| Simwelo | 67 | 170 | / |
| Simbilu | 67 | 114 | / |
| Simwelu | 67 | 107 | / |
| Simbilo | 67 | 87 | / |
| Simbela | 67 | 29 | / |
| Sinbelo | 67 | 5 | / |
| Señuelo | 67 | 4 | / |
| Zimbelo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Sembila | 67 | 1 | / |
Sembelou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sembelou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﻤﺒﻞ | smbl | 50 |
| ﺳﻨﺒﻠﻮ | snblw | 25 |
| ﺳﻤﺒﻠﻮ | smblw | 25 |
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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 Sembelou
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