Fatimatou Surname
Approximately 661 people bear this surname
Fatimatou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 326 | 1:63,709 | 8,104 |
| Burkina Faso | 230 | 1:79,792 | 2,834 |
| Niger | 82 | 1:234,049 | 7,581 |
| Ivory Coast | 8 | 1:2,883,904 | 43,419 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fatimattou | 95 | 4 | / |
| Fatimatu | 94 | 1,676 | / |
| Fatimato | 94 | 1 | / |
| Fatimatus | 89 | 18 | / |
| Fatimatuz | 89 | 11 | / |
| Fatimatos | 89 | 1 | / |
| Fotimatou | 89 | 1 | / |
| Fadtimatu | 89 | 1 | / |
| Fatimoutou | 84 | 709 | / |
| Phatimatou | 84 | 1 | / |
| Fateymatou | 84 | 1 | / |
| Fatimata | 82 | 5,852 | / |
| Fatimotu | 82 | 3 | / |
| Fattimoutou | 80 | 1 | / |
| Fataimata | 78 | 9 | / |
| Fatimatta | 78 | 3 | / |
| Phatimatu | 78 | 1 | / |
| Fatemata | 71 | 58 | / |
| Fatimota | 71 | 4 | / |
| Fatymata | 71 | 2 | / |
| Vatimata | 71 | 1 | / |
| Fataymata | 67 | 36 | / |
| Fateymata | 67 | 28 | / |
| Vattimata | 67 | 1 | / |
Fatimatou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Fatimatou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻓﺎﻃﻤﺔ | fatmt | 94.68 |
| ﻓﺎﺗﻤﺘﺎ | fatmta | 0.43 |
| ﻓﺎﺗﻤﺘﻮ | fatmtw | 0.43 |
| ﻓﺎﻃﻤﺘﺎ | fatmta | 0.21 |
| ﻓﺎﺗﻴﻤﺘﻮ | fatymtw | 0.21 |
| ﻓﺎﻃﻤﺘﻮ | fatmtw | 0.21 |
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis