Signou Surname
Approximately 226 people bear this surname
Signou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senegal | 161 | 1:90,555 | 1,013 |
| France | 28 | 1:2,372,240 | 182,981 |
| Cameroon | 23 | 1:903,003 | 60,285 |
| Belgium | 12 | 1:958,054 | 73,966 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Signou (12) may also be a first name.
Signou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Signou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Signou is held by more people in Senegal than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Signou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Signou is the 1,088,856th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 32,245,778 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 82 percent of Signou live; 72 percent live in West Africa and 71 percent live in Senegambia Africa. Signou is also the 3,306,491st most widely held given name worldwide, borne by 12 people.
The last name Signou is most commonly used in Senegal, where it is borne by 161 people, or 1 in 90,555. In Senegal it is most frequent in: Dakar Region, where 81 percent reside, Ziguinchor Region, where 16 percent reside and Sédhiou Region, where 1 percent reside. Outside of Senegal this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also found in France, where 12 percent reside and Cameroon, where 10 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 Signou
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