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
Ramatou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺭﺍﻣﺔ) is found most in Cameroon. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ramatou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 102,919th most frequently held last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 1,593,603 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of Ramatou reside; 69 percent reside in West Africa and 38 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 4,716th most frequently occurring first name on earth, borne by 221,287 people.
The last name Ramatou is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is borne by 2,467 people, or 1 in 8,419. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: North Region, where 28 percent are found, Adamawa Region, where 26 percent are found and Far North Region, where 23 percent are found. Aside from Cameroon this surname occurs in 16 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 25 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 18 percent are found.
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
- 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 Ramatou
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