Maazou Surname
Approximately 44,012 people bear this surname
Maazou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 43,282 | 1:443 | 75 |
| Chad | 385 | 1:35,304 | 4,109 |
| Mauritania | 109 | 1:37,568 | 2,954 |
| Algeria | 101 | 1:382,491 | 33,409 |
| Cameroon | 80 | 1:259,613 | 25,186 |
| Benin | 14 | 1:738,257 | 40,906 |
| Belgium | 12 | 1:958,054 | 73,966 |
| Burkina Faso | 10 | 1:1,835,210 | 14,348 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
The alternate forms: Maâzou (83), Maãzou (1) & Mâazou (1) are calculated separately.
Maazou (26,540) may also be a first name.
Maazou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maazou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Maazou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻌﺰﻭ) is most common in Niger. It may also be found as: Maâzou, Maãzou or Mâazou. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Maazou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 12,751st most commonly used last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 165,581 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Maazou live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 30,598th most prevalent first name world-wide, borne by 26,540 people.
The surname is most numerous in Niger, where it is held by 43,282 people, or 1 in 443. In Niger Maazou is most numerous in: Maradi Region, where 33 percent live, Tahoua Region, where 31 percent live and Zinder Region, where 23 percent live. Besides Niger it occurs in 19 countries. It is also common in Chad, where 1 percent live and Mauritania, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Maazou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Maazou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻌﺰﻭ | mzw | 89.8 |
| ﻣﻌﺰ | mz | 6.12 |
| ﻣﻌﻴﺰ | myz | 4.08 |
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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 Maazou
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