Hayatou Surname
Approximately 6,671 people bear this surname
Hayatou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 3,599 | 1:5,771 | 702 |
| Niger | 1,875 | 1:10,236 | 781 |
| Chad | 1,155 | 1:11,768 | 1,513 |
| Nigeria | 17 | 1:10,420,162 | 203,261 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| France | 5 | 1:13,284,544 | 357,392 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Hayatou (8,956) may also be a first name.
Hayatou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hayatou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Hayatou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺣﻴﺎﺗﻮ) is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Hayatou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Hayatou is the 73,739th most commonly used last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,092,422 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Hayatou reside; 83 percent reside in West Africa and 60 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 65,927th most commonly held first name at a global level, held by 8,956 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is held by 3,599 people, or 1 in 5,771. In Cameroon Hayatou is primarily found in: North Region, where 41 percent reside, Far North Region, where 29 percent reside and Adamawa Region, where 16 percent reside. Other than Cameroon this surname occurs in 16 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 28 percent reside and Chad, where 17 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Hayatou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Hayatou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺣﻴﺎﺗﻮ | hyatw | 50 |
| ﺣﻴﺎﺕ | hyat | 37.5 |
| ﺣﻴﺎﺓ | hyat | 12.5 |
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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 Hayatou
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