Siwou Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Siwou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 9 | 1:1,148,400 | 50,768 |
| Cameroon | 6 | 1:3,461,511 | 126,814 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
Siwou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Siwou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Siwou is held by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Siwou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,908,606th most widely held last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. The last name Siwou is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Siwou live; 63 percent live in West Africa and 63 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most frequently held in Benin, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 1,148,400. In Benin it is most numerous in: Mono Department, where 56 percent are found, Zou Department, where 22 percent are found and Atlantique Department, where 11 percent are found. Excluding Benin this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 38 percent are found and Togo, where 6 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 Siwou
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