Issamou Surname
Approximately 78 people bear this surname
Issamou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 41 | 1:99,875 | 6,187 |
| Congo | 25 | 1:199,564 | 8,388 |
| Benin | 6 | 1:1,722,600 | 61,769 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
Issamou (20) may also be a first name.
Issamou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Issamou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Issamou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻋﻴﺴﻢ) occurs most in Mauritania. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Issamou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Issamou is the 2,136,387th most commonly held surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 93,430,076 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Issamou reside; 64 percent reside in West Africa and 53 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 2,446,817th most commonly used given name world-wide, borne by 20 people.
Issamou is most commonly occurring in Mauritania, where it is borne by 41 people, or 1 in 99,875. In Mauritania Issamou is mostly found in: Gorgol Region, where 95 percent are found, Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, where 2 percent are found and Trarza Region, where 2 percent are found. Excluding Mauritania Issamou occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in The Congo, where 32 percent are found and Benin, where 8 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Issamou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Issamou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻋﻴﺴﻢ | ysm | 71.43 |
| ﻋﻴﺴﻤﻮ | ysmw | 28.57 |
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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 Issamou
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