Maimounatou Surname

255,243rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,546 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Maimounatou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Maimounatou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon1,4831:14,0051,915
Burkina Faso401:458,8026,619
Niger101:1,919,20237,248
Ivory Coast81:2,883,90443,419
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Maimounatou (16,355) may also be a first name.

Maimounatou Last Name Facts

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

The surname Maimounatou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻴﻤﻮﻧﺔ) occurs most in Cameroon. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Maimounatou? popularity and diffusion

Maimounatou is the 255,243rd most frequently used last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 4,713,807 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Maimounatou live; 69 percent live in Central Africa and 54 percent live in Adamawa-Ubangian Africa. Maimounatou is also the 43,746th most commonly used given name world-wide, held by 16,355 people.

It is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is carried by 1,483 people, or 1 in 14,005. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: Adamawa Region, where 70 percent are found, North Region, where 13 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 9 percent are found. Other than Cameroon Maimounatou is found in 8 countries. It is also common in Burkina Faso, where 3 percent are found and Niger, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Maimounatou Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Maimounatou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻣﻴﻤﻮﻧﺔmymwnt-

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Footnotes

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