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 last name Amadou (Arabic: أمادو, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺁﻣﺎﺩﻭ) is more frequently found in Niger than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms: Amãdou. For other potential spellings of Amadou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Amadou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Amadou is the 985th most commonly used family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 13,535 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Amadou reside; 95 percent reside in West Africa and 71 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 770th most frequent first name throughout the world. It is borne by 1,109,760 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Niger, where it is borne by 361,108 people, or 1 in 53. In Niger Amadou is most frequent in: Tillabéri Region, where 25 percent reside, Tahoua Region, where 16 percent reside and Zinder Region, where 16 percent reside. Not including Niger this last name is found in 61 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 11 percent reside and Cameroon, where 9 percent reside.
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 political 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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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Amadou
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