Hamahou Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Hamahou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 3 | 1:1,364,954 | 27,355 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Hamahou (101) may also be a first name.
Hamahou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hamahou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Hamahou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺣﻤﺎﻩ) occurs more in Mauritania more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Hamahou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 8,968,613th most frequently held surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Hamahou reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 75 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 940,641st most frequent first name globally, borne by 101 people.
The last name Hamahou is most prevalent in Mauritania, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 1,364,954. In Mauritania Hamahou is mostly found in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 33 percent reside, Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 33 percent reside and Trarza Region, where 33 percent reside. Without taking into account Mauritania this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in Niger, where 25 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Hamahou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Hamahou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺣﻤﺎﻩ | hmah | 88.37 |
| ﺍﺣﻤﺎﻩ | ahmah | 11.63 |
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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 Hamahou
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