Semou Surname
Approximately 1,081 people bear this surname
Semou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Togo | 630 | 1:11,504 | 2,968 |
| Ivory Coast | 184 | 1:125,387 | 6,136 |
| Cameroon | 105 | 1:197,801 | 20,464 |
| Burkina Faso | 61 | 1:300,854 | 5,356 |
| India | 44 | 1:17,433,304 | 271,013 |
| Benin | 37 | 1:279,341 | 23,629 |
| Denmark | 6 | 1:940,786 | 47,603 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Semou (2,810) may also be a first name.
Semou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Semou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Semou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻤﻮ, Russian: Семоу) is borne by more people in Togo than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Semou? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 340,053rd most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 6,741,486 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 87 percent of Semou reside; 77 percent reside in West Africa and 71 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Semou is also the 137,570th most frequently held first name world-wide, held by 2,810 people.
Semou is most commonly used in Togo, where it is held by 630 people, or 1 in 11,504. Besides Togo this last name occurs in 18 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 17 percent are found and Cameroon, where 10 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Semou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Semou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﻤﻮ | smw | - |
| Semou in the Russian language | ||
| Семоу | semou | - |
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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 Semou
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