Mahmadou Surname
Approximately 666 people bear this surname
Mahmadou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 571 | 1:33,611 | 1,862 |
| Cameroon | 68 | 1:305,427 | 28,416 |
| Benin | 15 | 1:689,040 | 39,432 |
| Ivory Coast | 9 | 1:2,563,470 | 41,100 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
Mahmadou (692) may also be a first name.
Mahmadou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mahmadou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mahmadou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﺤﻤﺎﺩﻭ) is carried by more people in Niger than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mahmadou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 495,560th most common surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 10,942,261 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Mahmadou reside; 95 percent reside in West Africa and 92 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Mahmadou is also the 314,325th most common forename at a global level. It is borne by 692 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Niger, where it is carried by 571 people, or 1 in 33,611. In Niger Mahmadou is mostly concentrated in: Tahoua Region, where 63 percent are found, Zinder Region, where 10 percent are found and Diffa Region, where 7 percent are found. Barring Niger this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 10 percent are found and Benin, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mahmadou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mahmadou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﺤﻤﺎﺩﻭ | mhmadw | 50 |
| ﻣﺤﻤﺎﺩ | mhmad | 25 |
| ﻣﺤﻤﻮﺩﻭ | mhmwdw | 25 |
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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 Mahmadou
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