Ayatou Surname
Approximately 226 people bear this surname
Ayatou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 183 | 1:113,492 | 13,142 |
| Benin | 21 | 1:492,172 | 32,947 |
| Niger | 15 | 1:1,279,468 | 26,841 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Ayatou (119) may also be a first name.
Ayatou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ayatou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ayatou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺁﻳﺎﺕ) occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ayatou? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,088,856th most widespread family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 32,245,778 people. The surname Ayatou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ayatou are found; 59 percent are found in Central Africa and 54 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 856,040th most commonly occurring given name in the world, borne by 119 people.
The surname Ayatou is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 183 people, or 1 in 113,492. In Cameroon Ayatou is most frequent in: Centre Region, where 22 percent live, Adamawa Region, where 16 percent live and North Region, where 16 percent live. Outside of Cameroon it exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 9 percent live and Niger, where 7 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ayatou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ayatou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺁﻳﺎﺕ | ayat | - |
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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 Ayatou
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