Amou Surname
Approximately 16,540 people bear this surname
Amou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 4,060 | 1:31,489 | 3,031 |
| Togo | 3,780 | 1:1,917 | 224 |
| Benin | 3,031 | 1:3,410 | 419 |
| Niger | 1,950 | 1:9,842 | 751 |
| Mauritania | 1,356 | 1:3,020 | 370 |
| Ivory Coast | 929 | 1:24,834 | 1,767 |
| Morocco | 409 | 1:84,294 | 14,399 |
| Cameroon | 368 | 1:56,438 | 7,285 |
| Uganda | 342 | 1:114,150 | 11,045 |
| Papua New Guinea | 75 | 1:108,716 | 14,715 |
| Nigeria | 52 | 1:3,406,592 | 101,701 |
| France | 44 | 1:1,509,607 | 143,950 |
| Iran | 37 | 1:2,075,203 | 73,016 |
| South Sudan | 36 | 1:317,085 | 679 |
| Burkina Faso | 21 | 1:873,910 | 9,338 |
| United States | 9 | 1:40,273,215 | 872,126 |
| Guinea | 4 | 1:2,958,454 | 2,022 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Amou (33,791) may also be a first name.
Amou Demographics
Amou Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Amou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Amou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻋﻢ, Russian: Амоу) is held by more people in Japan than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Amou.
How Common Is The Last Name Amou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 32,222nd most commonly used last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 440,601 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 72 percent of Amou reside; 66 percent reside in West Africa and 45 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 25,410th most frequent given name worldwide It is held by 33,791 people.
The last name Amou is most frequently held in Japan, where it is carried by 4,060 people, or 1 in 31,489. In Japan Amou is primarily concentrated in: Tokushima Prefecture, where 29 percent live, Chiba Prefecture, where 16 percent live and Hyōgo Prefecture, where 11 percent live. Beside Japan this surname is found in 40 countries. It is also common in Togo, where 23 percent live and Benin, where 18 percent live.
Amou Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Amou earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 9.94% more than the national average, earning $47,438 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Amou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Amou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻋﻢ | m | 57.41 |
| ﻋﻤﻮ | mw | 37.41 |
| ﺍﻣﻮ | amw | 1.65 |
| ﺃﻣﻮ | amw | 0.71 |
| ﺁﻣﻮ | amw | 0.47 |
| ﺍﻋﻤﺮ | amr | 0.24 |
| Amou in the Russian language | ||
| Амоу | amou | - |
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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 Amou
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