Dambou Surname
Approximately 444 people bear this surname
Dambou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 227 | 1:84,546 | 3,618 |
| Cameroon | 140 | 1:148,350 | 16,370 |
| Congo | 59 | 1:84,561 | 7,183 |
| Benin | 8 | 1:1,291,950 | 54,095 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1 | 1:112,659 | 1,704 |
Dambou (941) may also be a first name.
Dambou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dambou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dambou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺩﺍﻣﺒﻮ) is held by more people in Niger than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Dambou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dambou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 672,867th most frequently occurring last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 16,413,392 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Dambou are found; 54 percent are found in West Africa and 51 percent are found in Chadic Africa. Dambou is also the 263,438th most frequently used given name on earth, borne by 941 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Niger, where it is held by 227 people, or 1 in 84,546. In Niger it is most prevalent in: Maradi Region, where 41 percent reside, Zinder Region, where 31 percent reside and Diffa Region, where 22 percent reside. Apart from Niger Dambou occurs in 13 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 32 percent reside and The Congo, where 13 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dambou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dambou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺩﺍﻣﺒﻮ | dambw | 76.47 |
| ﺩﻣﺒﻮ | dmbw | 23.53 |
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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 Dambou
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