Souleymanou Surname
Approximately 27,599 people bear this surname
Souleymanou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 25,249 | 1:823 | 57 |
| Chad | 2,215 | 1:6,136 | 908 |
| Niger | 116 | 1:165,448 | 5,964 |
| France | 5 | 1:13,284,544 | 357,392 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Souleymanou (8,048) may also be a first name.
Souleymanou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Souleymanou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Souleymanou is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Souleymanou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Souleymanou is the 19,834th most commonly held last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 264,051 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Souleymanou reside; 59 percent reside in West Africa and 34 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 70,794th most frequently used first name internationally, held by 8,048 people.
Souleymanou is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 25,249 people, or 1 in 823. In Cameroon Souleymanou is primarily found in: North Region, where 38 percent are found, Adamawa Region, where 29 percent are found and Far North Region, where 15 percent are found. Outside of Cameroon it occurs in 11 countries. It is also found in Chad, where 8 percent are found and Niger, where 0 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 Souleymanou
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