Karatou Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Karatou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 5 | 1:3,838,403 | 64,195 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
Karatou (11) may also be a first name.
Karatou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Karatou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Karatou is carried by more people in Niger than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Karatou? popularity and diffusion
Karatou is the 7,117,718th most frequently used last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name Karatou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Karatou are found; 86 percent are found in West Africa and 71 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most common first name worldwide. It is borne by 11 people.
The surname Karatou is most widely held in Niger, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 3,838,403. In Niger it is most common in: Diffa Region, where 100 percent live. Barring Niger this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 29 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 Karatou
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