Mohamadou Surname
Approximately 125,476 people bear this surname
Mohamadou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 110,315 | 1:188 | 5 |
| Chad | 5,007 | 1:2,715 | 479 |
| Benin | 4,285 | 1:2,412 | 287 |
| Niger | 3,832 | 1:5,008 | 452 |
| Burkina Faso | 677 | 1:27,108 | 1,632 |
| Togo | 420 | 1:17,257 | 5,159 |
| Mali | 387 | 1:43,848 | 1,206 |
| Morocco | 204 | 1:169,000 | 29,345 |
| Ivory Coast | 155 | 1:148,847 | 6,971 |
| Mauritania | 135 | 1:30,332 | 2,507 |
| Central African Republic | 9 | 1:501,710 | 179 |
| France | 8 | 1:8,302,840 | 321,660 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Turkey | 4 | 1:19,455,356 | 155,681 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Mohamadou (53,266) may also be a first name.
Mohamadou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mohamadou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mohamadou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﺤﻤﺪﻭ) is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mohamadou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,480th most frequently held surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 58,079 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mohamadou live; 54 percent live in Central Africa and 30 percent live in Adamawa-Ubangian Africa. Mohamadou is also the 17,535th most frequently held forename worldwide, borne by 53,266 people.
Mohamadou is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 110,315 people, or 1 in 188. In Cameroon it is most common in: Adamawa Region, where 44 percent are found, North Region, where 19 percent are found and Centre Region, where 10 percent are found. Excluding Cameroon this last name occurs in 33 countries. It is also common in Chad, where 4 percent are found and Benin, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mohamadou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mohamadou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﺤﻤﺪﻭ | mhmdw | 68.1 |
| ﻣﺤﻤﺎﺩﻭ | mhmadw | 23.28 |
| ﻣﺤﻤﺎﺩ | mhmad | 3.23 |
| ﻣﺤﻤﺪ | mhmd | 2.16 |
| ﻣﻬﺎﻣﺪﻭ | mhamdw | 0.43 |
| ﻣﻬﺎﻣﺎﺩﻭ | mhamadw | 0.43 |
| ﻣﺎﻣﺎﺩﻭ | mamadw | 0.43 |
| ﻣﻬﻤﺎﺩﻭ | mhmadw | 0.22 |
| ﻣﻮﻫﺎﻣﺪﻭ | mwhamdw | 0.22 |
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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
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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Mohamadou
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