Salamtou Surname

1,044,719th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 240 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Salamtou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Salamtou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon2211:93,97811,213
Niger171:1,128,94224,295
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
France11:66,422,722504,397

Salamtou (1,366) may also be a first name.

Salamtou Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Salamtou Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Salamtou is found in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Salamtou.

How Common Is The Last Name Salamtou? popularity and diffusion

Salamtou is the 1,044,719th most commonly used family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 30,364,775 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Salamtou live; 68 percent live in West Africa and 41 percent live in Senegambia Africa. Salamtou is also the 212,002nd most commonly held forename at a global level, held by 1,366 people.

The last name Salamtou is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is borne by 221 people, or 1 in 93,978. In Cameroon Salamtou is most common in: North Region, where 45 percent live, Far North Region, where 31 percent live and Adamawa Region, where 12 percent live. Other than Cameroon it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 7 percent live and Burkina Faso, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Salamtàou941/
Salammtou941/
Salamtu9342/
Salamntu8851/
Salaamtu884/
Salanto8037/
Salamta805/
Salainto75127/
Salianto7528/
Sallanto7515/
Salamtay7514/
Salamtae7510/
Saalanto755/
Salamtea752/
Salantoy751/
Salahnto751/
Salaynto751/
Sağlamtaş71346/
Sallamtha711/
Saslianto711/
Salanta67447/
Solanto6748/
Sallantaus6728/
Salonto676/
Solomtu671/

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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 Salamtou
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