Fatimatou Surname

498,439th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 661 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Fatimatou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fatimatou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon3261:63,7098,104
Burkina Faso2301:79,7922,834
Niger821:234,0497,581
Ivory Coast81:2,883,90443,419
Algeria41:9,657,88864,782
France21:33,211,361423,184
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Chad11:13,592,19913,092
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Fatimatou (52,711) may also be a first name.

Fatimatou Last Name Facts

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

The surname Fatimatou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻓﺎﻃﻤﺔ) is most common in Cameroon. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Fatimatou.

How Common Is The Last Name Fatimatou? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 498,439th most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 11,025,032 people. The surname Fatimatou occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Fatimatou are found; 70 percent are found in West Africa and 35 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Fatimatou is also the 17,699th most commonly used first name throughout the world, borne by 52,711 people.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is held by 326 people, or 1 in 63,709. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Far North Region, where 35 percent live, Centre Region, where 28 percent live and Littoral Region, where 13 percent live. Barring Cameroon this surname is found in 14 countries. It also occurs in Burkina Faso, where 35 percent live and Niger, where 12 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Fatimatou Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Fatimatou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻓﺎﻃﻤﺔfatmt94.68
ﻓﺎﺗﻤﺘﺎfatmta0.43
ﻓﺎﺗﻤﺘﻮfatmtw0.43
ﻓﺎﻃﻤﺘﺎfatmta0.21
ﻓﺎﺗﻴﻤﺘﻮfatymtw0.21
ﻓﺎﻃﻤﺘﻮfatmtw0.21

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Fatimatou
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis