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 is held by more people in Niger than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Kalamou.
How Common Is The Last Name Kalamou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 262,597th most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 4,881,143 people. The surname Kalamou is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kalamou live; 94 percent live in West Africa and 93 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 243,209th most frequently occurring first name world-wide. It is borne by 1,079 people.
The surname is most widely held in Niger, where it is carried by 1,389 people, or 1 in 13,817. In Niger Kalamou is mostly concentrated in: Zinder Region, where 51 percent live, Tahoua Region, where 29 percent live and Dosso Region, where 8 percent live. Without taking into account Niger Kalamou occurs in 8 countries. It is also found 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
- 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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