Simanou Surname
Approximately 19 people bear this surname
Simanou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 8 | 1:2,596,134 | 118,056 |
| Congo | 8 | 1:623,637 | 15,053 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
Simanou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Simanou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Simanou occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Simanou? popularity and diffusion
Simanou is the 4,532,898th most frequently occurring last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 383,555,048 people. The last name Simanou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Simanou are found; 74 percent are found in Central Africa and 68 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname Simanou is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 2,596,134. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: West Region, where 38 percent reside, Far North Region, where 25 percent reside and Littoral Region, where 13 percent reside. Beside Cameroon it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in The Congo, where 42 percent reside and Burkina Faso, where 11 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 Simanou
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