Kamilou Surname
Approximately 251 people bear this surname
Kamilou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 179 | 1:107,218 | 4,331 |
| Greece | 38 | 1:291,573 | 42,990 |
| Benin | 30 | 1:344,520 | 26,827 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Kamilou (3,052) may also be a first name.
Kamilou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kamilou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kamilou occurs most in Niger. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kamilou? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,011,991st most frequently occurring last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 29,034,047 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 85 percent of Kamilou reside; 85 percent reside in West Africa and 71 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 130,688th most frequently held first name throughout the world, held by 3,052 people.
The surname Kamilou is most prevalent in Niger, where it is carried by 179 people, or 1 in 107,218. In Niger it is most frequent in: Zinder Region, where 84 percent live, Tahoua Region, where 13 percent live and Maradi Region, where 2 percent live. Excluding Niger this last name is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Greece, where 15 percent live and Benin, where 12 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 Kamilou
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