Sinmenou Surname

579,404th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 542 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Benin

Sinmenou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Sinmenou Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Benin5231:19,7622,643
Ivory Coast181:1,281,73528,562
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

The alternate forms: Sinmènou (2) are calculated separately.

Sinmenou Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sinmenou is found most in Benin. It can be rendered as: Sinmènou. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Sinmenou? popularity and diffusion

The last name Sinmenou is the 579,404th most commonly occurring surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 13,445,657 people. The last name Sinmenou occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sinmenou live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

Sinmenou is most prevalent in Benin, where it is held by 523 people, or 1 in 19,762. In Benin Sinmenou is most frequent in: Ouémé Department, where 68 percent live, Atlantique Department, where 24 percent live and Littoral Department, where 6 percent live. Beside Benin Sinmenou exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 3 percent live and Nigeria, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sinmènou962/
Sinmenu9316/
Simmenou885/
Sinmen'goi781/
Sinmenee757/
Zinmino6716/
Simmino673/
Cinmino671/
Simmena671/
Cinmina536/
Semmena532/
Chimmena508/
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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 Sinmenou
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