Mamatou Surname
Approximately 136 people bear this surname
Mamatou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 127 | 1:163,536 | 17,652 |
| Niger | 6 | 1:3,198,670 | 54,540 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Mamatou (7,307) may also be a first name.
Mamatou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mamatou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mamatou is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mamatou? popularity and diffusion
Mamatou is the 1,527,735th most frequent surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 53,584,896 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mamatou are found; 69 percent are found in West Africa and 65 percent are found in Chadic Africa. Mamatou is also the 75,449th most commonly occurring first name throughout the world. It is borne by 7,307 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 127 people, or 1 in 163,536. In Cameroon Mamatou is most frequent in: Far North Region, where 60 percent live, Northwest Region, where 27 percent live and North Region, where 8 percent live. Barring Cameroon this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 4 percent live and Benin, where 1 percent live.
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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 Mamatou
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