Hammadou Surname
Approximately 13,767 people bear this surname
Hammadou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 8,000 | 1:2,596 | 292 |
| Algeria | 2,841 | 1:13,598 | 2,411 |
| Niger | 1,951 | 1:9,837 | 750 |
| Chad | 578 | 1:23,516 | 2,818 |
| Benin | 194 | 1:53,276 | 6,682 |
| Morocco | 136 | 1:253,501 | 42,794 |
| France | 40 | 1:1,660,568 | 152,033 |
| Switzerland | 7 | 1:1,173,274 | 69,697 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Burkina Faso | 3 | 1:6,117,367 | 22,156 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
Hammadou (3,583) may also be a first name.
Hammadou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hammadou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Hammadou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺣﻤﺪﻭ) occurs in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Hammadou.
How Common Is The Last Name Hammadou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 38,224th most widespread family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 529,349 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Hammadou are found; 50 percent are found in West Africa and 28 percent are found in Chadic Africa. Hammadou is also the 118,256th most frequently occurring first name globally, held by 3,583 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is borne by 8,000 people, or 1 in 2,596. In Cameroon Hammadou is most prevalent in: North Region, where 37 percent are found, Adamawa Region, where 33 percent are found and Far North Region, where 18 percent are found. Barring Cameroon it exists in 17 countries. It is also common in Algeria, where 21 percent are found and Niger, where 14 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Hammadou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Hammadou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺣﻤﺪﻭ | hmdw | - |
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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 Hammadou
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