Salimatou Surname

1,746,159th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 110 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ivory Coast
Highest density in:
Ivory Coast

Salimatou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Salimatou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ivory Coast581:397,78013,651
Burkina Faso311:592,0037,564
Niger71:2,741,71749,802
Cameroon41:5,192,267135,173
Ethiopia41:24,386,56619,165
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
France11:66,422,722504,397

Salimatou (50,379) may also be a first name.

Salimatou Last Name Facts

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

Salimatou occurs more in The Ivory Coast more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Salimatou click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Salimatou? popularity and diffusion

Salimatou is the 1,746,159th most common surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 66,250,417 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 71 percent of Salimatou reside; 67 percent reside in West Africa and 42 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Salimatou is also the 18,392nd most numerous first name worldwide It is held by 50,379 people.

It is most commonly held in The Ivory Coast, where it is carried by 58 people, or 1 in 397,780. In The Ivory Coast Salimatou is primarily found in: Abidjan Autonomous District, where 45 percent are found, Sassandra-Marahoué District, where 17 percent are found and Vallée du Bandama District, where 17 percent are found. Other than The Ivory Coast Salimatou occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Burkina Faso, where 28 percent are found and Niger, where 6 percent are found.

Salimatou Last Name Statistics demography

Salimatou earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 50.29% less than the national average, earning $21,450 USD per year.

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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 Salimatou
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