Ahmatou Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Ahmatou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Ahmatou (17) may also be a first name.
Ahmatou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ahmatou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ahmatou is found in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Ahmatou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ahmatou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 8,968,613th most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ahmatou are found; 75 percent are found in West Africa and 50 percent are found in Chadic Africa. Ahmatou is also the 2,694,839th most commonly held first name world-wide, held by 17 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 6,923,023. In Cameroon Ahmatou is mostly concentrated in: Far North Region, where 67 percent are found and Adamawa Region, where 33 percent are found. Excluding Cameroon Ahmatou occurs in one country. It also occurs in Niger, where 25 percent are found.
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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 Ahmatou
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