Faridatou Surname

1,918,812th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 94 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Faridatou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Faridatou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon861:241,50123,877
Niger51:3,838,40364,195
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679

Faridatou (2,060) may also be a first name.

Faridatou Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Faridatou Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Faridatou occurs in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Faridatou? popularity and diffusion

The surname Faridatou is the 1,918,812th most commonly occurring family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 77,527,084 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Faridatou are found; 66 percent are found in West Africa and 47 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 166,134th most frequently held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 2,060 people.

It is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 86 people, or 1 in 241,501. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: Adamawa Region, where 36 percent live, North Region, where 30 percent live and Far North Region, where 24 percent live. Outside of Cameroon this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 5 percent live and Algeria, where 1 percent live.

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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 Faridatou
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