Kalamou Surname
Approximately 1,493 people bear this surname
Kalamou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 1,389 | 1:13,817 | 954 |
| Cameroon | 85 | 1:244,342 | 24,081 |
| Benin | 10 | 1:1,033,560 | 48,353 |
| Congo | 4 | 1:1,247,274 | 20,238 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
Kalamou (1,079) may also be a first name.
Kalamou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kalamou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kalamou occurs more in Niger more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Kalamou.
How Common Is The Last Name Kalamou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kalamou is the 262,597th most prevalent surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 4,881,143 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kalamou are found; 94 percent are found in West Africa and 93 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 243,209th most commonly occurring first name at a global level It is held by 1,079 people.
This surname is most frequent in Niger, where it is carried by 1,389 people, or 1 in 13,817. In Niger it is most frequent in: Zinder Region, where 51 percent reside, Tahoua Region, where 29 percent reside and Dosso Region, where 8 percent reside. Excluding Niger this last name exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 6 percent reside and Benin, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Kalamou
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