Amidou Surname
Approximately 14,749 people bear this surname
Amidou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 8,703 | 1:1,188 | 140 |
| Togo | 3,045 | 1:2,380 | 305 |
| Ivory Coast | 1,175 | 1:19,635 | 1,485 |
| Cameroon | 793 | 1:26,191 | 3,564 |
| Niger | 566 | 1:33,908 | 1,876 |
| Burkina Faso | 294 | 1:62,422 | 2,504 |
| DR Congo | 96 | 1:769,579 | 54,223 |
| United States | 18 | 1:20,136,607 | 622,629 |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| Canada | 8 | 1:4,605,699 | 220,704 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| France | 7 | 1:9,488,960 | 336,266 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Comoros | 1 | 1:749,524 | 685 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Amidou (81,814) may also be a first name.
Amidou Demographics
Average Amidou Salary in
United States
$23,375 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Amidou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amidou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Amidou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺃﻣﻴﺪﻭ) is more frequently found in Benin than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Amidou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 35,781st most widely held last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 494,104 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Amidou are found; 92 percent are found in West Africa and 86 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 12,141st most prevalent first name throughout the world, held by 81,814 people.
Amidou is most frequently used in Benin, where it is carried by 8,703 people, or 1 in 1,188. In Benin it is mostly concentrated in: Donga Department, where 28 percent live, Alibori Department, where 27 percent live and Borgou Department, where 20 percent live. Apart from Benin this surname is found in 32 countries. It is also found in Togo, where 21 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 8 percent live.
Amidou Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Amidou has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Amidou surname expanded 360 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Amidou Last Name Statistics demography
Amidou earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 45.83% less than the national average, earning $23,375 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Amidou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Amidou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺃﻣﻴﺪﻭ | amydw | - |
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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 Amidou
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