Amdou Surname
Approximately 1,416 people bear this surname
Amdou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 1,373 | 1:13,978 | 964 |
| Cameroon | 16 | 1:1,298,067 | 76,941 |
| Burkina Faso | 14 | 1:1,310,864 | 11,575 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Amdou (779) may also be a first name.
Amdou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amdou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Amdou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺁﻣﺪﻭ) is most common in Niger. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Amdou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 274,373rd most widely held family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 5,146,572 people. Amdou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Amdou reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 293,989th most frequently held given name in the world. It is borne by 779 people.
The last name Amdou is most widely held in Niger, where it is carried by 1,373 people, or 1 in 13,978. In Niger it is most prevalent in: Zinder Region, where 23 percent live, Tillabéri Region, where 22 percent live and Niamey Capital District, where 16 percent live. Apart from Niger this last name is found in 8 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 1 percent live and Burkina Faso, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Amdou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Amdou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺁﻣﺪﻭ | amdw | 20 |
| ﺁﻣﺎﺩﻭ | amadw | 20 |
| ﺍﻣﺪ | amd | 20 |
| ﺍﻣﺎﺩﻭ | amadw | 20 |
| ﺃﻣﺪﻭ | amdw | 20 |
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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 Amdou
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