Amahou Surname
Approximately 242 people bear this surname
Amahou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 205 | 1:50,418 | 6,350 |
| Nigeria | 11 | 1:16,103,887 | 259,204 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Spain | 6 | 1:7,792,006 | 100,283 |
| Burkina Faso | 5 | 1:3,670,420 | 19,318 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Amahou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amahou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Amahou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻋﻤﺎﻩ) is found most in Benin. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Amahou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,038,570th most commonly used surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 30,113,826 people. The surname Amahou is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Amahou reside; 93 percent reside in West Africa and 90 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most common in Benin, where it is held by 205 people, or 1 in 50,418. In Benin it is most numerous in: Zou Department, where 66 percent live, Atlantique Department, where 14 percent live and Collines Department, where 10 percent live. Without taking into account Benin it occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 5 percent live and Morocco, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Amahou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Amahou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻋﻤﺎﻩ | mah | - |
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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 Amahou
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