Ramatou Surname
Approximately 4,573 people bear this surname
Ramatou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 2,467 | 1:8,419 | 1,094 |
| Niger | 1,126 | 1:17,044 | 1,120 |
| Ivory Coast | 831 | 1:27,763 | 1,934 |
| Burkina Faso | 123 | 1:149,204 | 3,821 |
| Congo | 4 | 1:1,247,274 | 20,238 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Mali | 4 | 1:4,242,259 | 2,433 |
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
Ramatou (221,287) may also be a first name.
Ramatou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ramatou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ramatou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺭﺍﻣﺔ) is found most frequently in Cameroon. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Ramatou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ramatou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 102,919th most frequently occurring family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 1,593,603 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of Ramatou are found; 69 percent are found in West Africa and 38 percent are found in Chadic Africa. Ramatou is also the 4,716th most frequently occurring first name worldwide It is held by 221,287 people.
This last name is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is held by 2,467 people, or 1 in 8,419. In Cameroon Ramatou is mostly concentrated in: North Region, where 28 percent reside, Adamawa Region, where 26 percent reside and Far North Region, where 23 percent reside. Other than Cameroon it occurs in 16 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 25 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, where 18 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ramatou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ramatou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺭﺍﻣﺔ | ramt | 34.48 |
| ﺭﺍﻣﺎﺗﻮ | ramatw | 20.69 |
| ﺭﻣﺔ | rmt | 17.24 |
| ﺭﺣﻤﺔ | rhmt | 6.9 |
| ﺭﻣﺎﺗﻮ | rmatw | 6.9 |
| ﺭﺍﻣﺎﺗﻮﻻﻱ | ramatwlay | 3.45 |
| ﺭﺍﻣﺘﻮﻻﻱ | ramtwlay | 3.45 |
| ﺭﻣﺘﻮ | rmtw | 3.45 |
| ﺭﺍﻣﺘﻮ | ramtw | 3.45 |
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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 Ramatou
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