Amadou Surname
Approximately 538,438 people bear this surname
Amadou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 361,108 | 1:53 | 6 |
| Benin | 61,222 | 1:169 | 4 |
| Cameroon | 48,233 | 1:431 | 23 |
| Burkina Faso | 24,363 | 1:753 | 115 |
| Ivory Coast | 13,715 | 1:1,682 | 167 |
| Togo | 9,870 | 1:734 | 45 |
| Chad | 9,436 | 1:1,440 | 271 |
| Mali | 5,615 | 1:3,022 | 235 |
| Ethiopia | 1,449 | 1:67,320 | 6,648 |
| Ghana | 554 | 1:48,774 | 5,381 |
| Morocco | 511 | 1:67,468 | 11,380 |
| France | 502 | 1:132,316 | 20,235 |
| Mauritania | 409 | 1:10,012 | 1,033 |
| Guinea | 382 | 1:30,979 | 534 |
| Gabon | 354 | 1:5,337 | 981 |
| United States | 168 | 1:2,157,494 | 136,287 |
| DR Congo | 96 | 1:769,579 | 54,223 |
| Belgium | 95 | 1:121,017 | 17,762 |
| Senegal | 46 | 1:316,942 | 1,708 |
| Spain | 32 | 1:1,461,001 | 45,498 |
| Netherlands | 29 | 1:582,316 | 51,332 |
| Nigeria | 29 | 1:6,108,371 | 148,179 |
| Liberia | 26 | 1:169,559 | 11,793 |
| Canada | 23 | 1:1,601,982 | 107,690 |
| Congo | 21 | 1:237,576 | 8,534 |
| Germany | 17 | 1:4,735,615 | 183,652 |
| Central African Republic | 16 | 1:282,212 | 92 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| Angola | 9 | 1:2,998,802 | 4,903 |
| Gambia | 9 | 1:213,717 | 372 |
| Djibouti | 9 | 1:101,659 | 734 |
| Switzerland | 8 | 1:1,026,614 | 63,315 |
| Brazil | 8 | 1:26,759,292 | 405,030 |
| China | 5 | 1:273,464,313 | 13,838 |
| Tunisia | 5 | 1:122,125 | 16,050 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Iceland | 4 | 1:95,022 | 4,787 |
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
The alternate forms: Amãdou (1) are calculated separately.
Amadou (1,109,760) may also be a first name.
Amadou Demographics
Average Amadou Salary in
United States
$25,056 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Amadou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amadou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Amadou (Arabic: أمادو, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺁﻣﺎﺩﻭ) occurs in Niger more than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms: Amãdou. Click here for further potential spellings of Amadou.
How Common Is The Last Name Amadou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 985th most widespread surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 13,535 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Amadou are found; 95 percent are found in West Africa and 71 percent are found in Chadic Africa. Amadou is also the 770th most commonly occurring first name worldwide, borne by 1,109,760 people.
The surname is most widespread in Niger, where it is held by 361,108 people, or 1 in 53. In Niger Amadou is most frequent in: Tillabéri Region, where 25 percent are found, Tahoua Region, where 16 percent are found and Zinder Region, where 16 percent are found. Aside from Niger Amadou exists in 61 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 11 percent are found and Cameroon, where 9 percent are found.
Amadou Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Amadou last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 100% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Amadou earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 16.07% less than the national average, earning 290,463 kr per year; in United States they earn 41.93% less than the national average, earning $25,056 USD per year and in Canada they earn 36.43% less than the national average, earning $31,585 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Amadou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Amadou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺁﻣﺎﺩﻭ | amadw | 51.34 |
| ﺁﻣﺪﻭ | amdw | 29.94 |
| ﺍﻣﺎﺩﻭ | amadw | 7.68 |
| ﺍﻣﺪﻭ | amdw | 5.37 |
| ﺃﻣﺎﺩﻭ | amadw | 2.33 |
| ﺃﻣﺪﻭ | amdw | 1.86 |
| ﺁﻣﺎﺩ | amad | 0.11 |
| ﺍﺣﻤﺪﻭ | ahmdw | 0.06 |
| ﻣﺎﻣﺎﺩﻭ | mamadw | 0.06 |
| ﺍﺣﻤﺪ | ahmd | 0.04 |
| ﺁﻣﺎﺩﻭﺍ | amadwa | 0.04 |
| ﺍﻣﺎﺩﻭﺍ | amadwa | 0.03 |
| ﺃﺣﻤﺪﻭ | ahmdw | 0.03 |
| ﻋﺎﻣﺪﻭ | amdw | 0.01 |
| ﻣﻤﺪﻭ | mmdw | 0.01 |
| ﺁﻣﺪﻭﺍ | amdwa | 0.01 |
| ﻋﺎﺑﺪﻳﻦ | abdyn | 0.01 |
| ﺃﻣﺎﺩﻭﺍ | amadwa | 0.01 |
| ﻣﺎﻣﺪﻭ | mamdw | 0.01 |
| ﺍﻣﺪﻭﻝ | amdwl | 0.01 |
| ﺃﻣﺪﻭﺍ | amdwa | 0.01 |
| ﺍﻣﺪﻭﺍ | amdwa | 0.01 |
| ﺍﻣﺎﺩﺅ | amadw | 0.01 |
| ﻛﻤﺒﺎ | kmba | 0.01 |
| ﺁﻣﻤﺪﻭ | ammdw | 0.01 |
| Amadou in the Arabic language | ||
| أمادو | amadw | - |
| آمادو | amadw | - |
| امادو | amadw | - |
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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
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- 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 Amadou
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