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
The last name Ematou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻣﺎﺗﻮ) is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ematou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,565,797th most widely held surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 55,630,121 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ematou are found; 50 percent are found in Central Africa and 50 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
It is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 66 people, or 1 in 314,683. In Cameroon Ematou is most frequent in: West Region, where 58 percent are found, Littoral Region, where 38 percent are found and Centre Region, where 2 percent are found. Apart from Cameroon it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Mauritania, where 38 percent are found and Niger, where 11 percent are found.
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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