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
Ahmatou is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ahmatou? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 8,968,613th most frequently held surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ahmatou live; 75 percent live in West Africa and 50 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 2,694,839th most frequently occurring first name internationally, borne by 17 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 6,923,023. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: Far North Region, where 67 percent are found and Adamawa Region, where 33 percent are found. Excluding Cameroon this surname exists in one country. It is also common 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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