Salamou Surname
Approximately 5,584 people bear this surname
Salamou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 5,223 | 1:3,675 | 358 |
| Algeria | 294 | 1:131,400 | 17,877 |
| Benin | 23 | 1:449,374 | 31,324 |
| France | 17 | 1:3,907,219 | 231,005 |
| Burkina Faso | 13 | 1:1,411,700 | 12,072 |
| Ivory Coast | 5 | 1:4,614,246 | 51,139 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Salamou (40,005) may also be a first name.
Salamou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Salamou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Salamou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻼﻣﻮ) is found most in Niger. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Salamou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 86,283rd most frequently held last name on earth, held by around 1 in 1,305,076 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Salamou live; 94 percent live in West Africa and 94 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 22,181st most frequently used first name internationally. It is borne by 40,005 people.
It is most frequently used in Niger, where it is carried by 5,223 people, or 1 in 3,675. In Niger it is most frequent in: Zinder Region, where 77 percent are found, Maradi Region, where 10 percent are found and Tahoua Region, where 7 percent are found. Beside Niger this last name exists in 13 countries. It is also common in Algeria, where 5 percent are found and Benin, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Salamou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Salamou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﻼﻣﻮ | slamw | - |
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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 Salamou
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