Balamou Surname
Approximately 17,135 people bear this surname
Balamou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guinea | 17,071 | 1:693 | 75 |
| Germany | 21 | 1:3,833,593 | 163,016 |
| Greece | 18 | 1:615,544 | 71,673 |
| Liberia | 6 | 1:734,756 | 29,369 |
| Senegal | 5 | 1:2,915,868 | 5,479 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 1:7,690,411 | 57,263 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Balamou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Balamou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Balamou is borne by more people in Guinea than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Balamou? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 31,173rd most commonly held family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 425,302 people. The last name Balamou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Balamou are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Mande Africa.
The last name Balamou is most widespread in Guinea, where it is carried by 17,071 people, or 1 in 693. In Guinea Balamou is mostly concentrated in: Nzérékoré Region, where 70 percent are found, Kankan Region, where 8 percent are found and Kindia Region, where 8 percent are found. Besides Guinea this surname occurs in 15 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 0 percent are found and Greece, where 0 percent are found.
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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
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