Amedou Surname
Approximately 1,042 people bear this surname
Amedou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Togo | 945 | 1:7,670 | 1,744 |
| Benin | 81 | 1:127,600 | 13,832 |
| Cameroon | 6 | 1:3,461,511 | 126,814 |
| Mauritania | 4 | 1:1,023,716 | 25,172 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 1:7,690,411 | 57,263 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Amedou (553) may also be a first name.
Amedou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amedou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Amedou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺁﻣﺪﻭ) is borne by more people in Togo than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Amedou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 350,215th most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 6,993,806 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Amedou are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 357,892nd most numerous first name on earth, held by 553 people.
The surname Amedou is most widely held in Togo, where it is carried by 945 people, or 1 in 7,670. Other than Togo Amedou occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 8 percent live and Cameroon, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Amedou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Amedou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺁﻣﺪﻭ | amdw | 34.62 |
| ﺍﺣﻤﺪﻭ | ahmdw | 11.54 |
| ﺁﻣﺎﺩﻭ | amadw | 11.54 |
| ﺃﻣﺎﺩﻭ | amadw | 7.69 |
| ﺍﻣﺪ | amd | 7.69 |
| ﺃﺣﻤﺪﻭ | ahmdw | 7.69 |
| ﺍﻣﺪﻭ | amdw | 7.69 |
| ﺍﺣﻤﺪ | ahmd | 3.85 |
| ﺁﻣﺪ | amd | 3.85 |
| ﺃﻣﺪﻭ | amdw | 3.85 |
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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 Amedou
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