Ayamou Surname
Approximately 375 people bear this surname
Ayamou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 342 | 1:30,221 | 3,989 |
| Niger | 15 | 1:1,279,468 | 26,841 |
| Cameroon | 14 | 1:1,483,505 | 83,777 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
Ayamou (418) may also be a first name.
Ayamou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ayamou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ayamou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻳﺎﻡ) is carried by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ayamou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 761,666th most prevalent family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 19,433,456 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ayamou live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 91 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 420,385th most prevalent first name worldwide, borne by 418 people.
The surname Ayamou is most commonly held in Benin, where it is held by 342 people, or 1 in 30,221. In Benin it is mostly found in: Zou Department, where 57 percent are found, Collines Department, where 21 percent are found and Littoral Department, where 11 percent are found. Not including Benin it occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 4 percent are found and Cameroon, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ayamou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ayamou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻳﺎﻡ | ayam | - |
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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 Ayamou
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