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) has its highest incidence in Benin. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Alamou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 324,446th most prevalent last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 6,348,037 people. The surname Alamou occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Alamou are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 91 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Alamou is also the 358,282nd most frequent first name throughout the world, borne by 552 people.
It is most commonly held in Benin, where it is held by 1,034 people, or 1 in 9,996. In Benin it is most numerous in: Plateau Department, where 33 percent live, Collines Department, where 19 percent live and Ouémé Department, where 11 percent live. Excluding Benin this surname exists in 15 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 4 percent live and Cameroon, where 2 percent live.
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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