Rahamatou Surname

1,189,614th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 199 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Niger
Highest density in:
Niger

Rahamatou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rahamatou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Niger1131:169,8416,089
Burkina Faso491:374,5335,986
Ivory Coast291:795,56021,349
Cameroon41:5,192,267135,173
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
France11:66,422,722504,397

Rahamatou (21,953) may also be a first name.

Rahamatou Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Rahamatou Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Rahamatou occurs more in Niger more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Rahamatou? popularity and diffusion

The surname Rahamatou is the 1,189,614th most frequent last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 36,620,834 people. Rahamatou is mostly found in Africa, where 89 percent of Rahamatou are found; 88 percent are found in West Africa and 58 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 35,284th most widely held first name globally, held by 21,953 people.

The last name is most widely held in Niger, where it is held by 113 people, or 1 in 169,841. In Niger it is most common in: Zinder Region, where 42 percent live, Tahoua Region, where 31 percent live and Niamey Capital District, where 12 percent live. Barring Niger this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Burkina Faso, where 25 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 15 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
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Rahamatou
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