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
The last name Amatou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻋﻤﺎﺕ) is carried by more people in Niger than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Amatou.
How Common Is The Last Name Amatou? popularity and diffusion
Amatou is the 2,394,033rd most frequently held family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 113,867,905 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 92 percent of Amatou reside; 84 percent reside in West Africa and 70 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Amatou is also the 195,556th most widely held first name throughout the world, borne by 1,568 people.
This surname is most widely held in Niger, where it is borne by 45 people, or 1 in 426,489. In Niger it is mostly found in: Tahoua Region, where 58 percent are found, Tillabéri Region, where 31 percent are found and Niamey Capital District, where 4 percent are found. Beside Niger this last name is found in 9 countries. It is also common in Algeria, where 6 percent are found and Mauritania, where 6 percent are found.
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
- 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 Amatou
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