Malamou Surname
Approximately 3,241 people bear this surname
Malamou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guinea | 2,697 | 1:4,388 | 215 |
| Congo | 254 | 1:19,642 | 2,286 |
| Greece | 220 | 1:50,363 | 8,308 |
| Niger | 24 | 1:799,667 | 18,510 |
| France | 23 | 1:2,887,944 | 200,772 |
| Liberia | 13 | 1:339,118 | 18,650 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Malamou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Malamou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Malamou is found most in Guinea. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of Malamou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Malamou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 138,111th most common surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,248,549 people. Malamou occurs mostly in Africa, where 92 percent of Malamou are found; 85 percent are found in West Africa and 83 percent are found in Mande Africa.
The surname is most widespread in Guinea, where it is borne by 2,697 people, or 1 in 4,388. In Guinea it is mostly found in: Nzérékoré Region, where 82 percent are found, Kankan Region, where 9 percent are found and Conakry Region, where 8 percent are found. Excluding Guinea Malamou occurs in 12 countries. It is also common in The Congo, where 8 percent are found and Greece, where 7 percent are found.
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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 Malamou
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