Hamaou Surname
Approximately 87 people bear this surname
Hamaou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 64 | 1:299,875 | 9,026 |
| Cameroon | 9 | 1:2,307,674 | 112,590 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
Hamaou (65) may also be a first name.
Hamaou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hamaou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Hamaou is held by more people in Niger than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Hamaou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hamaou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Hamaou is the 2,007,164th most widespread last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 83,764,896 people. The last name Hamaou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Hamaou are found; 84 percent are found in West Africa and 76 percent are found in Chadic Africa. Hamaou is also the 1,212,820th most prevalent first name world-wide. It is borne by 65 people.
The last name Hamaou is most numerous in Niger, where it is borne by 64 people, or 1 in 299,875. In Niger it is primarily found in: Dosso Region, where 47 percent live, Tillabéri Region, where 33 percent live and Agadez Region, where 8 percent live. Besides Niger this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 10 percent live and Morocco, where 10 percent live.
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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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- 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 Hamaou
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