Hamadou Surname
Approximately 423,931 people bear this surname
Hamadou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 210,228 | 1:99 | 1 |
| Niger | 159,007 | 1:121 | 20 |
| Chad | 15,983 | 1:850 | 135 |
| Burkina Faso | 13,943 | 1:1,316 | 199 |
| Benin | 9,487 | 1:1,089 | 122 |
| Algeria | 9,101 | 1:4,245 | 650 |
| Djibouti | 3,994 | 1:229 | 37 |
| Ivory Coast | 869 | 1:26,549 | 1,864 |
| Mali | 581 | 1:29,207 | 949 |
| Morocco | 307 | 1:112,300 | 19,480 |
| France | 198 | 1:335,468 | 50,650 |
| Israel | 70 | 1:122,252 | 13,395 |
| United States | 33 | 1:10,983,604 | 436,696 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Canada | 13 | 1:2,834,276 | 161,175 |
| Mauritania | 11 | 1:372,260 | 15,230 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| Tunisia | 9 | 1:67,847 | 8,246 |
| Gabon | 9 | 1:209,910 | 2,378 |
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| Belgium | 8 | 1:1,437,080 | 92,692 |
| Germany | 8 | 1:10,063,182 | 283,807 |
| Central African Republic | 4 | 1:1,128,848 | 387 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Congo | 2 | 1:2,494,548 | 28,763 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Northern Cyprus | 1 | 1:319,011 | 10,202 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
Hamadou (168,176) may also be a first name.
Hamadou Demographics
Average Hamadou Salary in
United States
$35,406 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Hamadou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hamadou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Hamadou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺣﻤﺎﺩﻭ) is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Hamadou.
How Common Is The Last Name Hamadou? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,255th most frequently occurring surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 17,190 people. Hamadou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Hamadou reside; 80 percent reside in West Africa and 52 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Hamadou is also the 6,254th most frequently held given name at a global level, borne by 168,176 people.
It is the most common last name in one country:Cameroon, where 50 percent are found. This last name is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 210,228 people, or 1 in 99. In Cameroon Hamadou is mostly found in: Far North Region, where 39 percent are found, North Region, where 32 percent are found and Adamawa Region, where 13 percent are found. Not including Cameroon this surname exists in 41 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 38 percent are found and Chad, where 4 percent are found.
Hamadou Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Hamadou surname are 38.94% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 85.71% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Hamadou earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 17.94% less than the national average, earning $35,406 USD per year and in Canada they earn 40.15% less than the national average, earning $29,736 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Hamadou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Hamadou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺣﻤﺎﺩﻭ | hmadw | 36.2 |
| ﻫﻤﺎﺩﻭ | hmadw | 25.77 |
| ﺣﻤﺪﻭ | hmdw | 7.98 |
| ﻫﻤﺪﻭ | hmdw | 7.98 |
| ﻫﺎﻣﺎﺩﻭ | hamadw | 7.36 |
| ﻫﺎﻣﺪﻭ | hamdw | 4.91 |
| ﺣﺎﻣﺎﺩﻭ | hamadw | 3.07 |
| ﺍﺣﻤﺎﺩﻭ | ahmadw | 1.84 |
| ﺍﻫﻤﺎﺩﻭ | ahmadw | 0.61 |
| ﻫﺎﻣﻴﺪﻭ | hamydw | 0.61 |
| ﻫﺎﻣﺪﻱ | hamdy | 0.61 |
| ﺍﺣﻤﺎﺩ | ahmad | 0.61 |
| ﻣﻤﺎﺩﻭ | mmadw | 0.61 |
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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 Hamadou
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