Ematou Surname
Approximately 131 people bear this surname
Ematou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 66 | 1:314,683 | 29,051 |
| Mauritania | 50 | 1:81,897 | 5,336 |
| Niger | 15 | 1:1,279,468 | 26,841 |
Ematou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ematou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ematou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻣﺎﺗﻮ) is found most frequently in Cameroon. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ematou? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,565,797th most prevalent surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 55,630,121 people. The surname Ematou occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ematou reside; 50 percent reside in Central Africa and 50 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname Ematou is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 66 people, or 1 in 314,683. In Cameroon Ematou is mostly concentrated in: West Region, where 58 percent live, Littoral Region, where 38 percent live and Centre Region, where 2 percent live. Barring Cameroon this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Mauritania, where 38 percent live and Niger, where 11 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ematou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ematou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻣﺎﺗﻮ | amatw | 60 |
| ﺍﻣﺎﺕ | amat | 15 |
| ﺃﻣﺔ | amt | 5 |
| ﺃﻣﺎﺗﻮ | amatw | 5 |
| ﺃﻣﺎﺓ | amat | 5 |
| ﺃﻣﺘﻮ | amtw | 5 |
| ﺃﻣﺖ | amt | 5 |
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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 Ematou
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