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
The last name Kalamou is found in Niger more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kalamou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 262,597th most widespread family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 4,881,143 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kalamou reside; 94 percent reside in West Africa and 93 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Kalamou is also the 243,209th most commonly used first name world-wide It is held by 1,079 people.
The surname Kalamou is most commonly held in Niger, where it is borne by 1,389 people, or 1 in 13,817. In Niger it is most frequent in: Zinder Region, where 51 percent live, Tahoua Region, where 29 percent live and Dosso Region, where 8 percent live. Aside from Niger Kalamou occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 6 percent live and Benin, where 1 percent live.
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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 Kalamou
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