Adamou Surname
Approximately 537,726 people bear this surname
Adamou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 376,702 | 1:51 | 5 |
| Cameroon | 87,533 | 1:237 | 7 |
| Benin | 46,425 | 1:223 | 7 |
| Chad | 13,576 | 1:1,001 | 175 |
| Togo | 3,780 | 1:1,917 | 224 |
| Cyprus | 1,919 | 1:461 | 62 |
| Algeria | 1,372 | 1:28,157 | 5,114 |
| Ivory Coast | 1,372 | 1:16,816 | 1,300 |
| Greece | 1,020 | 1:10,863 | 1,412 |
| Mali | 903 | 1:18,792 | 722 |
| Comoros | 663 | 1:1,131 | 163 |
| Gabon | 606 | 1:3,117 | 542 |
| England | 395 | 1:141,058 | 13,696 |
| Ghana | 277 | 1:97,548 | 9,187 |
| Burkina Faso | 204 | 1:89,961 | 2,994 |
| United States | 170 | 1:2,132,111 | 135,040 |
| Morocco | 136 | 1:253,501 | 42,794 |
| France | 92 | 1:721,986 | 90,334 |
| Belgium | 52 | 1:221,089 | 28,230 |
| South Africa | 45 | 1:1,203,949 | 68,637 |
| Australia | 44 | 1:613,539 | 43,545 |
| Canada | 39 | 1:944,759 | 71,777 |
| Akrotiri and Dhekelia | 38 | 1:207 | 51 |
| Senegal | 33 | 1:441,798 | 2,028 |
| Guinea | 33 | 1:358,601 | 1,162 |
| Germany | 31 | 1:2,596,950 | 129,424 |
| Nigeria | 27 | 1:6,560,843 | 154,927 |
| Iraq | 26 | 1:1,346,987 | 15,017 |
| Lebanon | 26 | 1:216,811 | 8,749 |
| Spain | 19 | 1:2,460,633 | 58,585 |
| Congo | 17 | 1:293,476 | 8,994 |
| United Arab Emirates | 12 | 1:763,523 | 25,625 |
| Syria | 10 | 1:1,930,102 | 9,170 |
| Netherlands | 9 | 1:1,876,353 | 85,467 |
| China | 9 | 1:151,924,618 | 7,954 |
| Switzerland | 9 | 1:912,546 | 58,198 |
| Finland | 8 | 1:687,088 | 36,047 |
| Jordan | 7 | 1:1,263,205 | 16,935 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Central African Republic | 4 | 1:1,128,848 | 387 |
| Madagascar | 4 | 1:5,912,459 | 5,394 |
| Libya | 4 | 1:1,560,994 | 3,087 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Djibouti | 4 | 1:228,733 | 966 |
| Wales | 3 | 1:1,031,511 | 34,732 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Iceland | 3 | 1:126,697 | 5,403 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Montenegro | 2 | 1:319,782 | 7,691 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Haiti | 2 | 1:5,341,954 | 21,336 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Slovakia | 2 | 1:2,668,225 | 118,680 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
The alternate forms: Âdamou (1) are calculated separately.
Adamou (271,676) may also be a first name.
Adamou Demographics
Average Adamou Salary in
United States
$33,070 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Adamou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Adamou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Adamou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺁﺩﻣﻮ) is more frequently found in Niger than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant: Âdamou. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Adamou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Adamou is the 987th most prevalent last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 13,553 people. The last name Adamou is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Adamou reside; 91 percent reside in West Africa and 76 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Adamou is also the 3,865th most widely held first name throughout the world It is held by 271,676 people.
The last name Adamou is most commonly used in Niger, where it is carried by 376,702 people, or 1 in 51. In Niger it is mostly found in: Dosso Region, where 20 percent live, Tahoua Region, where 19 percent live and Tillabéri Region, where 18 percent live. Excluding Niger this surname is found in 73 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 16 percent live and Benin, where 9 percent live.
Adamou Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is principally Melkite Greek Catholic (100%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those bearing the Adamou surname are 8.06% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 61.29% registered with the political party.
The amount Adamou earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 70.87% more than the national average, earning R 406,044 per year; in United States they earn 23.36% less than the national average, earning $33,070 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.86% less than the national average, earning $49,256 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Adamou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Adamou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺁﺩﻣﻮ | admw | - |
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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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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Adamou
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