Salmatou Surname
Approximately 324 people bear this surname
Salmatou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 200 | 1:91,760 | 3,015 |
| Cameroon | 104 | 1:199,703 | 20,621 |
| Niger | 16 | 1:1,199,501 | 25,520 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 1:7,690,411 | 57,263 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
Salmatou (2,460) may also be a first name.
Salmatou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Salmatou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Salmatou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺴﺎﻟﻤﺔ) is borne by more people in Burkina Faso than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Salmatou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 846,108th most widespread last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 22,492,426 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Salmatou are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 62 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 149,109th most numerous given name in the world. It is borne by 2,460 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Burkina Faso, where it is borne by 200 people, or 1 in 91,760. In Burkina Faso Salmatou is most frequent in: Sahel Region, where 100 percent are found and Sud-Ouest Region, where 1 percent are found. Other than Burkina Faso Salmatou is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 32 percent are found and Niger, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Salmatou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Salmatou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺴﺎﻟﻤﺔ | alsalmt | - |
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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 Salmatou
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