Lamidu Surname

548,408th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 583 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Lamidu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lamidu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria5081:348,70618,847
Indonesia751:1,763,323114,023

Lamidu (202) may also be a first name.

Lamidu Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Lamidu Come From? nationality or country of origin

Lamidu occurs most in Nigeria. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lamidu? popularity and diffusion

Lamidu is the 548,408th most widely held last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 12,500,079 people. The surname Lamidu is predominantly found in Africa, where 87 percent of Lamidu are found; 87 percent are found in West Africa and 87 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 637,340th most commonly used first name on earth It is held by 202 people.

It is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 508 people, or 1 in 348,706. In Nigeria Lamidu is mostly found in: Borno, where 26 percent are found, Yobe, where 12 percent are found and Lagos, where 7 percent are found. Beside Nigeria this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 13 percent are found.

Lamidu Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Lamidu surname is predominantly Muslim (55%) in Nigeria.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lamidou92145/
Lamidau9211/
Lamaidu925/
Lamuidu923/
Hlamidu922/
Lamidui921/
Lahamidu862/
Lammidou861/
Lhamidou861/
Liamidou861/
Lamudu8356/
Lamedu835/
Lahamidou8024/
Lemidou771/
Loumidou7127/
Lomudu6722/
Lemedu671/
Lomuudu623/
Leumeudeu531/

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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 Lamidu
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