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
The surname Dambou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺩﺍﻣﺒﻮ) is carried by more people in Niger than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dambou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 672,867th most numerous last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 16,413,392 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Dambou live; 54 percent live in West Africa and 51 percent live in Chadic Africa. Dambou is also the 263,438th most commonly held given name throughout the world It is held by 941 people.
Dambou is most frequent in Niger, where it is carried by 227 people, or 1 in 84,546. In Niger Dambou is mostly found in: Maradi Region, where 41 percent are found, Zinder Region, where 31 percent are found and Diffa Region, where 22 percent are found. Barring Niger Dambou exists in 13 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 32 percent are found and The Congo, where 13 percent are found.
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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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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