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 found in Burkina Faso more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Niamou? popularity and diffusion
Niamou is the 636,210th most commonly used family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 15,214,083 people. The last name Niamou is mostly found 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 commonly used first name worldwide. It is borne by 15 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Burkina Faso, where it is held by 471 people, or 1 in 38,964. In Burkina Faso Niamou is most numerous in: Boucle du Mouhoun Region, where 78 percent reside, Centre Region, where 9 percent reside and Hauts-Bassins Region, where 9 percent reside. Not including Burkina Faso it exists in 4 countries. It is also common 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
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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
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Niamou
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