Silinou Surname

1,006,539th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 253 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Silinou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Silinou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon2471:84,08510,225
Togo41:1,811,9428,122
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
France11:66,422,722504,397

Silinou Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Silinou Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Silinou occurs in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Silinou? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,006,539th most frequently held surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 28,804,529 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Silinou reside; 97 percent reside in Central Africa and 97 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.

The surname Silinou is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is carried by 247 people, or 1 in 84,085. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: West Region, where 40 percent live, Centre Region, where 36 percent live and Littoral Region, where 19 percent live. Without taking into account Cameroon Silinou occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Togo, where 2 percent live and Belgium, where 0 percent live.

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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 Silinou
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