Alamou Surname
Approximately 1,148 people bear this surname
Alamou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 1,034 | 1:9,996 | 1,389 |
| Niger | 49 | 1:391,674 | 10,965 |
| Cameroon | 26 | 1:798,810 | 55,510 |
| Burkina Faso | 16 | 1:1,147,006 | 10,865 |
| Ivory Coast | 8 | 1:2,883,904 | 43,419 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Alamou (552) may also be a first name.
Alamou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alamou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Alamou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻋﻼﻣﻮ) is found in Benin more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Alamou.
How Common Is The Last Name Alamou? popularity and diffusion
Alamou is the 324,446th most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 6,348,037 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Alamou reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 91 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 358,282nd most commonly occurring first name at a global level. It is borne by 552 people.
The surname Alamou is most commonly held in Benin, where it is borne by 1,034 people, or 1 in 9,996. In Benin it is most common in: Plateau Department, where 33 percent reside, Collines Department, where 19 percent reside and Ouémé Department, where 11 percent reside. Barring Benin it is found in 15 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 4 percent reside and Cameroon, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Alamou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Alamou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻋﻼﻣﻮ | lamw | - |
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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 Alamou
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