Diamou Surname
Approximately 86 people bear this surname
Diamou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senegal | 26 | 1:560,744 | 2,305 |
| Ivory Coast | 20 | 1:1,153,562 | 26,783 |
| Cameroon | 17 | 1:1,221,710 | 73,195 |
| Mauritania | 11 | 1:372,260 | 15,230 |
| Burkina Faso | 6 | 1:3,058,683 | 18,466 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
Diamou (342) may also be a first name.
Diamou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Diamou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Diamou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺟﺎﻣﻮ) is more frequently found in Senegal than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Diamou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Diamou? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,020,555th most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 84,738,906 people. The surname Diamou is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Diamou reside; 76 percent reside in West Africa and 44 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. Diamou is also the 472,030th most commonly held forename in the world, held by 342 people.
The surname Diamou is most prevalent in Senegal, where it is borne by 26 people, or 1 in 560,744. In Senegal it is most frequent in: Tambacounda Region, where 38 percent reside, Ziguinchor Region, where 38 percent reside and Dakar Region, where 19 percent reside. Outside of Senegal this surname is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 23 percent reside and Cameroon, where 20 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Diamou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Diamou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺟﺎﻣﻮ | jamw | - |
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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 Diamou
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