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 held by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Simenou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Simenou? popularity and diffusion
Simenou is the 331,076th most frequently held last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 6,518,377 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Simenou reside; 78 percent reside in West Africa and 78 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Simenou is also the 1,467,136th most frequently held first name globally. It is borne by 47 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Benin, where it is carried by 868 people, or 1 in 11,907. In Benin Simenou is most prevalent in: Ouémé Department, where 41 percent are found, Atlantique Department, where 30 percent are found and Littoral Department, where 15 percent are found. Other than Benin this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 21 percent are found and Nigeria, where 1 percent are found.
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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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