Mohammadou Surname
Approximately 2,857 people bear this surname
Mohammadou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 2,787 | 1:7,452 | 926 |
| Iran | 22 | 1:3,490,115 | 99,764 |
| Benin | 19 | 1:543,979 | 34,804 |
| Niger | 19 | 1:1,010,106 | 22,252 |
| Ivory Coast | 5 | 1:4,614,246 | 51,139 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Mohammadou (713) may also be a first name.
Mohammadou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mohammadou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mohammadou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﺤﻤﺪﻭ) occurs most in Cameroon. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Mohammadou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mohammadou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 153,799th most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 2,550,769 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Mohammadou live; 72 percent live in Central Africa and 56 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 309,270th most common forename world-wide, borne by 713 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is held by 2,787 people, or 1 in 7,452. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Northwest Region, where 30 percent live, North Region, where 18 percent live and Adamawa Region, where 16 percent live. Excluding Cameroon it occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Iran, where 1 percent live and Benin, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mohammadou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mohammadou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﺤﻤﺪﻭ | mhmdw | - |
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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 Mohammadou
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