Muhamadou Surname
Approximately 683 people bear this surname
Muhamadou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 676 | 1:30,723 | 4,152 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Muhamadou (642) may also be a first name.
Muhamadou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Muhamadou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Muhamadou is found in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Muhamadou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Muhamadou is the 486,338th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 10,669,906 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Muhamadou reside; 95 percent reside in Central Africa and 93 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 328,241st most common first name in the world It is held by 642 people.
The last name is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is held by 676 people, or 1 in 30,723. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: Northwest Region, where 76 percent live, Adamawa Region, where 6 percent live and Centre Region, where 5 percent live. Outside of Cameroon Muhamadou is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 0 percent live and Niger, where 0 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
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- 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
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