Fatoumatou Surname

1,755,741st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 109 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Burkina Faso
Highest density in:
Burkina Faso

Fatoumatou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fatoumatou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Burkina Faso471:390,4706,130
Cameroon351:593,40245,326
Niger131:1,476,30930,154
Ivory Coast121:1,922,60335,802
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

Fatoumatou (4,780) may also be a first name.

Fatoumatou Last Name Facts

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

Fatoumatou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻓﺎﻃﻤﺔ) occurs in Burkina Faso more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Fatoumatou? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,755,741st most commonly used last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 66,858,219 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 93 percent of Fatoumatou live; 74 percent live in West Africa and 49 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Fatoumatou is also the 98,905th most frequent first name globally It is held by 4,780 people.

The surname Fatoumatou is most commonly held in Burkina Faso, where it is borne by 47 people, or 1 in 390,470. In Burkina Faso Fatoumatou is primarily found in: Sahel Region, where 98 percent reside and Centre Region, where 2 percent reside. Not including Burkina Faso Fatoumatou is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 32 percent reside and Niger, where 12 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Fatoumatou Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Fatoumatou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻓﺎﻃﻤﺔfatmt50
ﻓﺎﺗﻤﺘﻮfatmtw50

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Fatoumatou
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