Massamou Surname
Approximately 25 people bear this surname
Massamou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 18 | 1:1,066,223 | 23,213 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Massamou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Massamou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Massamou occurs more in Niger more than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Massamou? popularity and diffusion
Massamou is the 3,957,383rd most commonly held last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 291,501,837 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Massamou live; 80 percent live in West Africa and 72 percent live in Chadic Africa.
The last name is most frequent in Niger, where it is held by 18 people, or 1 in 1,066,223. In Niger it is mostly found in: Dosso Region, where 50 percent live, Tillabéri Region, where 28 percent live and Tahoua Region, where 17 percent live. Not including Niger this last name is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 12 percent live and The Congo, where 4 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 Massamou
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