Amitou Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Amitou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Amitou (46) may also be a first name.
Amitou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amitou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Amitou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺁﻣﻨﺔ) occurs in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Amitou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 8,193,072nd most widely held family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. Amitou occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Amitou are found; 80 percent are found in West Africa and 60 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,484,914th most commonly used first name internationally, held by 46 people.
The last name is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 10,384,534. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Far North Region, where 100 percent live. Aside from Cameroon this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 20 percent live and Burkina Faso, where 20 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Amitou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Amitou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺁﻣﻨﺔ | amnt | - |
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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 Amitou
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