Sembou Surname
Approximately 19 people bear this surname
Sembou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 14 | 1:292,490 | 12,957 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
Sembou (12) may also be a first name.
Sembou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sembou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sembou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺻﻤﺒﻮ) occurs in Mauritania more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sembou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,532,898th most prevalent surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 383,555,048 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Sembou reside; 89 percent reside in West Africa and 79 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most widely held first name in the world, held by 12 people.
It is most frequently held in Mauritania, where it is borne by 14 people, or 1 in 292,490. In Mauritania Sembou is most common in: Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 64 percent live and Hodh Chargui Region, where 36 percent live. Other than Mauritania this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 11 percent live and Cameroon, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sembou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sembou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺻﻤﺒﻮ | smbw | 83.33 |
| ﺻﻤﺐ | smb | 16.67 |
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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 Sembou
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