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 last name Issamou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻋﻴﺴﻢ) is carried by more people in Mauritania than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Issamou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,136,387th most frequently held family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 93,430,076 people. The surname Issamou is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Issamou are found; 64 percent are found in West Africa and 53 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 2,446,817th most frequently held first name internationally. It is borne by 20 people.
The last name Issamou is most frequently occurring in Mauritania, where it is borne by 41 people, or 1 in 99,875. In Mauritania Issamou is primarily found in: Gorgol Region, where 95 percent reside, Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, where 2 percent reside and Trarza Region, where 2 percent reside. Other than Mauritania it occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in The Congo, where 32 percent reside and Benin, where 8 percent reside.
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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