Fatou Surname
Approximately 4,322 people bear this surname
Fatou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 2,093 | 1:11,023 | 897 |
| France | 583 | 1:113,933 | 17,120 |
| Cameroon | 580 | 1:35,809 | 4,823 |
| Syria | 440 | 1:43,866 | 2,469 |
| DR Congo | 226 | 1:326,901 | 29,253 |
| Niger | 137 | 1:140,088 | 5,240 |
| Spain | 72 | 1:649,334 | 29,324 |
| Iran | 42 | 1:1,828,155 | 67,506 |
| United States | 24 | 1:15,102,456 | 529,929 |
| Congo | 20 | 1:249,455 | 8,571 |
| England | 15 | 1:3,714,537 | 119,675 |
| Canada | 12 | 1:3,070,466 | 169,836 |
| Gabon | 9 | 1:209,910 | 2,378 |
| Tunisia | 9 | 1:67,847 | 8,246 |
| Mali | 9 | 1:1,885,448 | 1,868 |
| Senegal | 6 | 1:2,429,890 | 4,996 |
| Brazil | 6 | 1:35,679,055 | 486,536 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Belgium | 4 | 1:2,874,161 | 111,046 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
Fatou (693,125) may also be a first name.
Fatou Demographics
Average Fatou Salary in
United States
$40,615 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Fatou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fatou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Fatou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻓﺎﺗﻮ) is most common in The Ivory Coast. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Fatou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fatou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 107,843rd most frequent family name globally, borne by around 1 in 1,686,151 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 58 percent of Fatou reside; 41 percent reside in West Africa and 27 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,401st most numerous first name throughout the world, borne by 693,125 people.
This last name is most common in The Ivory Coast, where it is borne by 2,093 people, or 1 in 11,023. In The Ivory Coast it is primarily found in: Abidjan Autonomous District, where 28 percent live, Zanzan District, where 25 percent live and Comoé District, where 8 percent live. Other than The Ivory Coast Fatou occurs in 38 countries. It is also found in France, where 13 percent live and Cameroon, where 13 percent live.
Fatou Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Fatou earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 5.87% less than the national average, earning $40,615 USD per year and in Canada they earn 36.18% less than the national average, earning $31,709 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Fatou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Fatou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻓﺎﺗﻮ | fatw | 49.34 |
| ﺍﻓﺎﺗﻮ | afatw | 26.35 |
| ﺍﻓﺎﺕ | afat | 6.73 |
| ﻓﺎﺕ | fat | 6.1 |
| ﺃﻓﺎﺗﻮ | afatw | 5.08 |
| ﺍﻓﺎﺓ | afat | 2.54 |
| ﻓﺎﺗﻲ | faty | 0.2 |
| ﻓﺎﺗﻮﺍ | fatwa | 0.05 |
| ﻗﺎﺗﻮ | qatw | 0.05 |
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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
- 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 Fatou
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