Ahamdou Surname
Approximately 273 people bear this surname
Ahamdou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 175 | 1:109,669 | 4,389 |
| Cameroon | 98 | 1:211,929 | 21,585 |
Ahamdou (99) may also be a first name.
Ahamdou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ahamdou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ahamdou is found most frequently in Niger. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ahamdou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 956,400th most common last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 26,694,307 people. The last name Ahamdou is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ahamdou reside; 93 percent reside in West Africa and 75 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Ahamdou is also the 951,070th most widespread first name internationally, borne by 99 people.
It is most prevalent in Niger, where it is held by 175 people, or 1 in 109,669. In Niger it is mostly found in: Tahoua Region, where 45 percent reside, Tillabéri Region, where 25 percent reside and Diffa Region, where 9 percent reside. Apart from Niger this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 36 percent reside.
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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 Ahamdou
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