Rahmatou Surname
Approximately 816 people bear this surname
Rahmatou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 536 | 1:38,748 | 5,189 |
| Burkina Faso | 262 | 1:70,046 | 2,651 |
| Niger | 17 | 1:1,128,942 | 24,295 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Rahmatou (4,789) may also be a first name.
Rahmatou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rahmatou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Rahmatou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺭﺣﻤﺔ) is found most frequently in Cameroon. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Rahmatou? popularity and diffusion
Rahmatou is the 424,145th most numerous last name on earth, held by around 1 in 8,930,816 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Rahmatou live; 69 percent live in West Africa and 32 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 98,810th most frequently occurring first name world-wide, borne by 4,789 people.
Rahmatou is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is carried by 536 people, or 1 in 38,748. In Cameroon Rahmatou is primarily found in: Adamawa Region, where 46 percent live, North Region, where 24 percent live and Far North Region, where 16 percent live. Without taking into account Cameroon it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Burkina Faso, where 32 percent live and Niger, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Rahmatou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Rahmatou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺭﺣﻤﺔ | rhmt | 87.5 |
| ﺭﺣﻤﺘﻮ | rhmtw | 12.5 |
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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 Rahmatou
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