Niamou Surname
Approximately 479 people bear this surname
Niamou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 471 | 1:38,964 | 1,965 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 1:7,690,411 | 57,263 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
Niamou (15) may also be a first name.
Niamou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Niamou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Niamou is more commonly found in Burkina Faso than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Niamou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 636,210th most prevalent family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 15,214,083 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Niamou reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 62 percent reside in Mande Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most frequently held first name on earth, borne by 15 people.
The surname is most common in Burkina Faso, where it is held by 471 people, or 1 in 38,964. In Burkina Faso it is primarily concentrated in: Boucle du Mouhoun Region, where 78 percent reside, Centre Region, where 9 percent reside and Hauts-Bassins Region, where 9 percent reside. Excluding Burkina Faso it is found in 4 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 1 percent reside and Cameroon, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Niamou
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