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
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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 held by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of Hamadou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hamadou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Hamadou is the 1,255th most frequent family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 17,190 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Hamadou live; 80 percent live in West Africa and 52 percent live in Chadic Africa. Hamadou is also the 6,254th most frequently occurring first name internationally. It is borne by 168,176 people.
It is the most commonly used last name in one country:Cameroon, where 50 percent live. This surname is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is carried by 210,228 people, or 1 in 99. In Cameroon Hamadou is most common in: Far North Region, where 39 percent live, North Region, where 32 percent live and Adamawa Region, where 13 percent live. Other than Cameroon this surname occurs in 41 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 38 percent live and Chad, where 4 percent live.
Hamadou Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Hamadou last name are 38.94% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 85.71% being registered with the 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
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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Hamadou
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