Aamadou Surname
Approximately 180 people bear this surname
Aamadou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 134 | 1:143,224 | 5,313 |
| Benin | 40 | 1:258,390 | 22,474 |
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
The alternate forms: Âamadou (2) are calculated separately.
Aamadou (57) may also be a first name.
Aamadou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Aamadou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Aamadou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻣﺎﺩﻭ) occurs most in Niger. It can also be found in the variant forms: Âamadou. Click here for further possible spellings of Aamadou.
How Common Is The Last Name Aamadou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,272,314th most frequently held surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 40,486,366 people. The surname Aamadou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Aamadou live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 75 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 1,308,380th most frequently occurring first name at a global level, held by 57 people.
The surname is most numerous in Niger, where it is borne by 134 people, or 1 in 143,224. In Niger Aamadou is most frequent in: Tillabéri Region, where 43 percent reside, Tahoua Region, where 27 percent reside and Dosso Region, where 13 percent reside. Barring Niger this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 22 percent reside and Cameroon, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Aamadou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Aamadou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻣﺎﺩﻭ | amadw | 50 |
| ﺁﻣﺎﺩﻭ | amadw | 50 |
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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
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- 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 Aamadou
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