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.
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Adamou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Adamou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Adamou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺁﺩﻣﻮ) is found in Niger more than any other country or territory. It can occur as: Âdamou. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Adamou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Adamou is the 987th most widespread surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 13,553 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Adamou live; 91 percent live in West Africa and 76 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 3,865th most common first name at a global level It is held by 271,676 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Niger, where it is held by 376,702 people, or 1 in 51. In Niger it is mostly concentrated in: Dosso Region, where 20 percent reside, Tahoua Region, where 19 percent reside and Tillabéri Region, where 18 percent reside. Beside Niger it exists in 73 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 16 percent reside and Benin, where 9 percent reside.
Adamou Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Adamou surname is predominantly Melkite Greek Catholic (100%) in Lebanon.
In The United States Adamou are 8.06% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 61.29% being registered with the 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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- 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 Adamou
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