Tamimou Surname
Approximately 587 people bear this surname
Tamimou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 495 | 1:20,880 | 2,792 |
| Algeria | 66 | 1:585,327 | 38,725 |
| Niger | 19 | 1:1,010,106 | 22,252 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
Tamimou (3,228) may also be a first name.
Tamimou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tamimou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tamimou is held by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Tamimou.
How Common Is The Last Name Tamimou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Tamimou is the 545,543rd most frequently occurring family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 12,414,899 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Tamimou live; 88 percent live in West Africa and 85 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 126,240th most frequently held forename world-wide, held by 3,228 people.
The last name Tamimou is most commonly used in Benin, where it is carried by 495 people, or 1 in 20,880. In Benin Tamimou is mostly found in: Donga Department, where 73 percent reside, Borgou Department, where 11 percent reside and Alibori Department, where 6 percent reside. Beside Benin this last name is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in Algeria, where 11 percent reside and Niger, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tammimou | 93 | 1 | / |
| Tamimout | 93 | 1 | / |
| Tamimu | 92 | 3,263 | / |
| Tamimo | 92 | 231 | / |
| Tamoimo | 86 | 445 | / |
| Tamaimo | 86 | 62 | / |
| Taamimu | 86 | 1 | / |
| Tamaimu | 86 | 1 | / |
| Tamimoh | 86 | 1 | / |
| Tamgoimu | 80 | 3 | / |
| Tamima | 77 | 4,118 | / |
| Tamemo | 77 | 32 | / |
| Tomimo | 77 | 26 | / |
| Tamemu | 77 | 2 | / |
| Tamoggimu | 75 | 3 | / |
| Tamimah | 71 | 360 | / |
| Tamaima | 71 | 36 | / |
| Tamimie | 71 | 13 | / |
| Tamimma | 71 | 5 | / |
| Tamoymo | 71 | 4 | / |
| Tasmima | 71 | 2 | / |
| Tahmima | 71 | 2 | / |
| Tamoima | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tomoimo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tamimij | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tamimee | 71 | 1 | / |
| Thamima | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tomaimu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tomaimo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tammimah | 67 | 28 | / |
| Tatmimah | 67 | 21 | / |
| Tomaimut | 67 | 13 | / |
| Tammimaa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tahamima | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Tamimou
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