Sinwou Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Benin

Sinwou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sinwou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Benin81:1,291,95054,095
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406

Sinwou Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sinwou is found in Benin more than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Sinwou? popularity and diffusion

It is the 6,360,413th most prevalent family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. Sinwou occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sinwou reside; 89 percent reside in West Africa and 89 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name Sinwou is most widely held in Benin, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 1,291,950. In Benin Sinwou is most numerous in: Atlantique Department, where 25 percent live, Littoral Department, where 25 percent live and Zou Department, where 25 percent live. Barring Benin this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Cameroon, where 11 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sinwo913/
Shinwo8310/
Sinbou834/
Senwou832/
Sinwut831/
Sinwoo831/
Sinwayo775/
Seunwou772/
Sinnvou771/
Shinwoe771/
Chinwou771/
Sinwa73240/
Sinbo7354/
Senwu7333/
Xinwu7322/
Senwo737/
Sinua734/
Sinbu734/
Zinwo731/
Sinouhou711/
Simbou671,420/
Chinwo671,042/
Shinwa67202/
Senwua6750/
Saenwu6737/
Seinwa6721/
Sinewa6714/
Sinwai6712/
Sinuat676/
Sinuad675/
Chinwu675/
Shenwu674/
Senwuo674/
Sainwa673/
Sinwah673/
Sisnwa672/
Sienwa672/
Saenwo671/
Senwui671/
Senbou671/
Sinuas671/
Sinhwa671/
Sinway671/
Sienuo671/
Sinwad671/
Sienbo671/
Sinwei671/
Senwuh671/

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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 Sinwou
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