Amazou Surname
Approximately 177 people bear this surname
Amazou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 110 | 1:174,473 | 6,193 |
| Ivory Coast | 47 | 1:490,877 | 15,694 |
| Spain | 15 | 1:3,116,802 | 65,296 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Amazou (20) may also be a first name.
Amazou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amazou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Amazou is borne by more people in Niger than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Amazou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,286,243rd most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 41,172,576 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 69 percent of Amazou live; 69 percent live in West Africa and 62 percent live in Chadic Africa. Amazou is also the 2,446,817th most common given name globally, held by 20 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Niger, where it is held by 110 people, or 1 in 174,473. In Niger it is most frequent in: Tahoua Region, where 96 percent reside, Tillabéri Region, where 1 percent reside and Zinder Region, where 1 percent reside. Beside Niger Amazou occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 27 percent reside and Spain, where 8 percent reside.
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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 Amazou
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