Mamedou Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Mamedou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mamedou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mauritania151:272,99112,403
Niger21:9,596,00886,358
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

Mamedou (92) may also be a first name.

Mamedou Last Name Facts

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

Mamedou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻤﺪﻭ, Russian: Мамедоу) is carried by more people in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mamedou? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,427,875th most frequently used last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 90 percent of Mamedou reside; 90 percent reside in West Africa and 75 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. Mamedou is also the 992,070th most common first name in the world, borne by 92 people.

The last name is most frequent in Mauritania, where it is borne by 15 people, or 1 in 272,991. In Mauritania Mamedou is most frequent in: Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 73 percent live, Hodh Chargui Region, where 13 percent live and Assaba Region, where 7 percent live. Apart from Mauritania it is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 10 percent live and Iran, where 5 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Mamedou Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Mamedou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻣﻤﺪﻭmmdw67.5
ﻣﺎﻣﺪﻭmamdw25
ﻣﺎﻣﺎﺩﻭmamadw7.5
Mamedou in the Russian language
Мамедоуmamedou-

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Mamedou
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