Bouamatou Surname
Approximately 104 people bear this surname
Bouamatou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 101 | 1:40,543 | 3,109 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Bouamatou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bouamatou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bouamatou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻮﻋﻤﺎﺗﻮ) is held by more people in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bouamatou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,806,862nd most common last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 70,072,557 people. The last name Bouamatou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Bouamatou live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Senegambia Africa.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Mauritania, where it is carried by 101 people, or 1 in 40,543. In Mauritania Bouamatou is most numerous in: Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 52 percent reside, Nouakchott-Ouest Region, where 34 percent reside and Inchiri Region, where 7 percent reside. Without taking into account Mauritania this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Spain, where 1 percent reside and Thailand, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bouamatou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bouamatou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻮﻋﻤﺎﺗﻮ | bwmatw | 52.63 |
| ﺑﻮﻋﻤﺎﺕ | bwmat | 47.37 |
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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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- 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 Bouamatou
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