Salamatou Surname
Approximately 9,515 people bear this surname
Salamatou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 5,643 | 1:3,681 | 440 |
| Burkina Faso | 1,901 | 1:9,654 | 892 |
| Niger | 1,198 | 1:16,020 | 1,061 |
| Chad | 674 | 1:20,166 | 2,465 |
| Ivory Coast | 57 | 1:404,758 | 13,812 |
| Ethiopia | 25 | 1:3,901,850 | 10,182 |
| Benin | 10 | 1:1,033,560 | 48,353 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Salamatou (160,398) may also be a first name.
Salamatou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Salamatou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Salamatou occurs most in Cameroon. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Salamatou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 53,636th most commonly held last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 765,901 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Salamatou are found; 74 percent are found in West Africa and 34 percent are found in Chadic Africa. Salamatou is also the 6,565th most commonly held given name world-wide. It is borne by 160,398 people.
The surname Salamatou is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is held by 5,643 people, or 1 in 3,681. In Cameroon Salamatou is primarily concentrated in: Adamawa Region, where 33 percent live, North Region, where 32 percent live and Far North Region, where 20 percent live. Beside Cameroon it occurs in 13 countries. It also occurs in Burkina Faso, where 20 percent live and Niger, where 13 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sallamatou | 95 | 3 | / |
| Szalamatou | 95 | 1 | / |
| Salahmatou | 95 | 1 | / |
| Salamùatou | 95 | 1 | / |
| Salammatou | 95 | 1 | / |
| Salamattou | 95 | 1 | / |
| Salamatouy | 95 | 1 | / |
| Salaamatou | 95 | 1 | / |
| Saalamatou | 95 | 1 | / |
| Ssalamatou | 95 | 1 | / |
| Salamatu | 94 | 14,561 | / |
| Salamato | 94 | 3 | / |
| Salamatoush | 90 | 11 | / |
| Salahamatou | 90 | 1 | / |
| Sallamatu | 89 | 13 | / |
| Shalamatu | 89 | 2 | / |
| Salamattu | 89 | 2 | / |
| Salamotou | 89 | 1 | / |
| Salamatos | 89 | 1 | / |
| Salaamatu | 89 | 1 | / |
| Ssalamatu | 89 | 1 | / |
| Saalamatu | 89 | 1 | / |
| Soulamatou | 84 | 8 | / |
| Salamoutou | 84 | 2 | / |
| Salahamatu | 84 | 1 | / |
| Sallamattu | 84 | 1 | / |
| Salamata | 82 | 2,984 | / |
| Salamotu | 82 | 278 | / |
| Salomato | 82 | 2 | / |
| Solamatu | 82 | 1 | / |
| Salamoto | 82 | 1 | / |
| Salamatha | 78 | 14 | / |
| Salamatta | 78 | 5 | / |
| Sallamata | 78 | 5 | / |
| Saliamata | 78 | 1 | / |
| Salamothu | 78 | 1 | / |
| Salamatas | 78 | 1 | / |
| Chalamattu | 74 | 2 | / |
| Sallamatta | 74 | 1 | / |
| Salamota | 71 | 5 | / |
| Solomato | 71 | 2 | / |
| Souleymatou | 70 | 4 | / |
| Challamathu | 70 | 1 | / |
| Salamotas | 67 | 23 | / |
| Saloumata | 67 | 2 | / |
| Saleymata | 67 | 1 | / |
| Soulamata | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Salamatou
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