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
The last name Salmatou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺴﺎﻟﻤﺔ) is found most in Burkina Faso. It can also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Salmatou.
How Common Is The Last Name Salmatou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 846,108th most common last name in the world, held by around 1 in 22,492,426 people. The last name is primarily 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. Salmatou is also the 149,109th most numerous first name world-wide. It is borne by 2,460 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Burkina Faso, where it is carried by 200 people, or 1 in 91,760. In Burkina Faso Salmatou is primarily found in: Sahel Region, where 100 percent live and Sud-Ouest Region, where 1 percent live. Apart from Burkina Faso it occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 32 percent live and Niger, where 5 percent live.
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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