Lamou Surname
Approximately 1,553 people bear this surname
Lamou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 968 | 1:21,456 | 2,923 |
| Guinea | 158 | 1:74,898 | 773 |
| France | 104 | 1:638,680 | 83,098 |
| Benin | 68 | 1:151,994 | 15,721 |
| Niger | 57 | 1:336,702 | 9,822 |
| Spain | 47 | 1:994,724 | 37,216 |
| Mauritania | 32 | 1:127,964 | 7,422 |
| Ivory Coast | 32 | 1:720,976 | 19,991 |
| Netherlands | 26 | 1:649,507 | 53,972 |
| Papua New Guinea | 17 | 1:479,630 | 60,627 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Germany | 8 | 1:10,063,182 | 283,807 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Burkina Faso | 4 | 1:4,588,025 | 21,573 |
| Congo | 2 | 1:2,494,548 | 28,763 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
Lamou (2,510) may also be a first name.
Lamou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lamou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Lamou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻻﻣﻮ) is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Lamou.
How Common Is The Last Name Lamou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 254,336th most frequently held surname globally, held by around 1 in 4,692,560 people. Lamou is mostly found in Africa, where 86 percent of Lamou live; 57 percent live in West Africa and 25 percent live in Senegambia Africa. Lamou is also the 147,280th most frequent given name on earth, held by 2,510 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 968 people, or 1 in 21,456. In Cameroon Lamou is primarily concentrated in: Far North Region, where 41 percent are found, North Region, where 37 percent are found and Adamawa Region, where 13 percent are found. Excluding Cameroon it is found in 27 countries. It is also found in Guinea, where 10 percent are found and France, where 7 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lamou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lamou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻻﻣﻮ | lamw | 77.78 |
| ﻻﻣﻪ | lamh | 11.11 |
| ﺍﻻﻡ | alam | 11.11 |
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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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- 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 Lamou
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