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
Issamou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻋﻴﺴﻢ) occurs more in Mauritania more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Issamou? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,136,387th most common surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 93,430,076 people. It is mostly found 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 widely held first name on earth, held by 20 people.
The last name Issamou is most frequent in Mauritania, where it is borne by 41 people, or 1 in 99,875. In Mauritania it is most prevalent in: Gorgol Region, where 95 percent live, Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, where 2 percent live and Trarza Region, where 2 percent live. Besides Mauritania this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also found in The Congo, where 32 percent live and Benin, where 8 percent live.
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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