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 in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ematou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,565,797th most numerous surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 55,630,121 people. This last name is primarily found 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 commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is held by 66 people, or 1 in 314,683. In Cameroon Ematou is mostly found in: West Region, where 58 percent live, Littoral Region, where 38 percent live and Centre Region, where 2 percent live. Beside Cameroon this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found 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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- 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 Ematou
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