Kamou Surname
Approximately 1,386 people bear this surname
Kamou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Togo | 525 | 1:13,805 | 3,854 |
| Cameroon | 310 | 1:66,997 | 8,459 |
| Niger | 154 | 1:124,623 | 4,816 |
| Ivory Coast | 111 | 1:207,849 | 8,785 |
| Greece | 49 | 1:226,118 | 35,110 |
| Benin | 46 | 1:224,687 | 20,522 |
| United Arab Emirates | 39 | 1:234,930 | 15,673 |
| Papua New Guinea | 36 | 1:226,492 | 31,172 |
| Guinea | 33 | 1:358,601 | 1,162 |
| New Caledonia | 21 | 1:13,153 | 3,514 |
| United States | 18 | 1:20,136,607 | 622,629 |
| Congo | 9 | 1:554,344 | 12,633 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| Burkina Faso | 3 | 1:6,117,367 | 22,156 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Kamou (797) may also be a first name.
Kamou Demographics
Average Kamou Salary in
United States
$44,550 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kamou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kamou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kamou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺎﻣﻮ, Hindi: कमौ) is found in Togo more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kamou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 279,018th most frequent family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 5,257,970 people. The surname Kamou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 84 percent of Kamou reside; 64 percent reside in West Africa and 46 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kamou is also the 289,943rd most common first name at a global level, borne by 797 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Togo, where it is held by 525 people, or 1 in 13,805. Aside from Togo Kamou occurs in 31 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 22 percent reside and Niger, where 11 percent reside.
Kamou Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Kamou surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 100% being registered to vote for the political party.
Kamou earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 3.25% more than the national average, earning $44,550 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kamou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kamou in the Hindi language | ||
| कमौ | kamau | - |
| Kamou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﺎﻣﻮ | kamw | 60 |
| ﻛﺎﻡ | kam | 20 |
| ﻗﺎﻡ | qam | 20 |
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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 Kamou
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