Simenou Surname
Approximately 1,118 people bear this surname
Simenou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 868 | 1:11,907 | 1,634 |
| Cameroon | 238 | 1:87,265 | 10,542 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Ivory Coast | 5 | 1:4,614,246 | 51,139 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Simenou (47) may also be a first name.
Simenou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Simenou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Simenou is found most in Benin. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Simenou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 331,076th most widely held last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 6,518,377 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Simenou reside; 78 percent reside in West Africa and 78 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,467,136th most frequently held first name internationally. It is borne by 47 people.
The last name Simenou is most frequent in Benin, where it is borne by 868 people, or 1 in 11,907. In Benin Simenou is primarily found in: Ouémé Department, where 41 percent reside, Atlantique Department, where 30 percent reside and Littoral Department, where 15 percent reside. Excluding Benin this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 21 percent reside and Nigeria, where 1 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 Simenou
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