Hamou Surname
Approximately 20,247 people bear this surname
Hamou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 14,041 | 1:2,751 | 360 |
| Morocco | 2,863 | 1:12,042 | 1,734 |
| France | 1,116 | 1:59,519 | 8,005 |
| Niger | 776 | 1:24,732 | 1,474 |
| Mauritania | 471 | 1:8,694 | 927 |
| Saudi Arabia | 239 | 1:129,104 | 17,726 |
| Egypt | 153 | 1:600,887 | 32,813 |
| United States | 92 | 1:3,939,771 | 214,590 |
| Belgium | 67 | 1:171,592 | 23,333 |
| Israel | 65 | 1:131,656 | 14,227 |
| Canada | 55 | 1:669,920 | 54,285 |
| Papua New Guinea | 49 | 1:166,402 | 23,077 |
| Spain | 39 | 1:1,198,770 | 41,125 |
| Cameroon | 37 | 1:561,326 | 43,620 |
| Sweden | 27 | 1:364,695 | 25,646 |
| Switzerland | 26 | 1:315,881 | 24,844 |
| England | 19 | 1:2,932,529 | 101,561 |
| Ivory Coast | 14 | 1:1,647,945 | 32,915 |
| Qatar | 12 | 1:196,500 | 26,891 |
| Denmark | 11 | 1:513,156 | 32,022 |
| Chad | 9 | 1:1,510,244 | 5,402 |
| Thailand | 7 | 1:10,091,192 | 512,203 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Lebanon | 6 | 1:939,514 | 16,645 |
| Germany | 6 | 1:13,417,576 | 340,600 |
| Mali | 4 | 1:4,242,259 | 2,433 |
| Netherlands | 4 | 1:4,221,794 | 131,139 |
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1 | 1:55,199 | 1,294 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
Hamou (21,503) may also be a first name.
Hamou Demographics
Average Hamou Salary in
United States
$44,851 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Hamou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hamou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Hamou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺣﻤﻮ) is most common in Algeria. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Hamou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hamou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 26,564th most frequently held last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 359,932 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 91 percent of Hamou are found; 84 percent are found in North Africa and 84 percent are found in Mahgreb. It is also the 35,820th most common first name at a global level. It is borne by 21,503 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Algeria, where it is held by 14,041 people, or 1 in 2,751. In Algeria Hamou is most numerous in: Oran Province, where 33 percent live, Mostaganem Province, where 13 percent live and Tiaret Province, where 10 percent live. Aside from Algeria this last name occurs in 45 countries. It also occurs in Morocco, where 14 percent live and France, where 6 percent live.
Hamou Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Hamou surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 100% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Hamou earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 3.94% more than the national average, earning $44,851 USD per year and in Canada they earn 19.45% more than the national average, earning $59,344 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Hamou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Hamou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺣﻤﻮ | hmw | 78.05 |
| ﺣﻢ | hm | 13.01 |
| ﻫﺎﻣﻮ | hamw | 3.25 |
| ﺣﻤﻮﺩ | hmwd | 2.44 |
| ﻫﺎﻣﻪ | hamh | 0.81 |
| ﺣﺎﻣﻮ | hamw | 0.81 |
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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 Hamou
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