Hamitou Surname
Approximately 732 people bear this surname
Hamitou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 701 | 1:55,109 | 9,371 |
| Mauritania | 14 | 1:292,490 | 12,957 |
| France | 6 | 1:11,070,454 | 349,096 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Hamitou (23) may also be a first name.
Hamitou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hamitou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Hamitou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺣﺎﻣﺘﻮ) is more commonly found in Algeria than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hamitou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 461,133rd most prevalent surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 9,955,664 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Hamitou reside; 96 percent reside in North Africa and 96 percent reside in Mahgreb. It is also the 2,239,265th most common given name internationally, held by 23 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Algeria, where it is held by 701 people, or 1 in 55,109. In Algeria Hamitou is most common in: El Bayadh Province, where 76 percent reside, Tamanghasset Province, where 15 percent reside and Bordj Bou Arréridj Province, where 8 percent reside. Beside Algeria it exists in 9 countries. It is also common in Mauritania, where 2 percent reside and France, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Hamitou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Hamitou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺣﺎﻣﺘﻮ | hamtw | 57.14 |
| ﺣﺎﻣﺖ | hamt | 42.86 |
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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 Hamitou
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