Amatou Surname
Approximately 64 people bear this surname
Amatou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 45 | 1:426,489 | 11,711 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Mauritania | 4 | 1:1,023,716 | 25,172 |
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
Amatou (1,568) may also be a first name.
Amatou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amatou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Amatou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻋﻤﺎﺕ) is held by more people in Niger than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Amatou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Amatou is the 2,394,033rd most widespread last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 113,867,905 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Amatou live; 84 percent live in West Africa and 70 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 195,556th most frequent first name on earth It is held by 1,568 people.
The surname Amatou is most frequently occurring in Niger, where it is held by 45 people, or 1 in 426,489. In Niger it is most common in: Tahoua Region, where 58 percent live, Tillabéri Region, where 31 percent live and Niamey Capital District, where 4 percent live. Not including Niger this surname is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in Algeria, where 6 percent live and Mauritania, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Amatou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Amatou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻋﻤﺎﺕ | mat | 50 |
| ﺑﻮﻋﻤﺎﺕ | bwmat | 50 |
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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 Amatou
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