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 last name Hamitou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺣﺎﻣﺘﻮ) occurs more in Algeria more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Hamitou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hamitou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Hamitou is the 461,133rd most widespread family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 9,955,664 people. The last name Hamitou occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Hamitou live; 96 percent live in North Africa and 96 percent live in Mahgreb. Hamitou is also the 2,239,265th most frequently occurring given name worldwide, held by 23 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Algeria, where it is carried by 701 people, or 1 in 55,109. In Algeria it is most prevalent 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 this surname is found 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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