Kamatou Surname
Approximately 36 people bear this surname
Kamatou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 35 | 1:593,402 | 45,326 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Kamatou (46) may also be a first name.
Kamatou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kamatou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kamatou occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kamatou? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,274,477th most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 202,431,831 people. The last name Kamatou occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kamatou are found; 94 percent are found in Central Africa and 92 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Kamatou is also the 1,484,914th most frequently occurring first name world-wide, borne by 46 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is carried by 35 people, or 1 in 593,402. In Cameroon Kamatou is most numerous in: Centre Region, where 46 percent live, Littoral Region, where 43 percent live and South Region, where 6 percent live. Without taking into account Cameroon it is found in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 3 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 Kamatou
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