Samadou Surname
Approximately 751 people bear this surname
Samadou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 512 | 1:37,484 | 2,046 |
| Benin | 232 | 1:44,550 | 5,686 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Samadou (3,455) may also be a first name.
Samadou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samadou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Samadou is borne by more people in Niger than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Samadou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 452,102nd most frequent last name globally, held by around 1 in 9,703,790 people. Samadou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Samadou reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 68 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 120,973rd most frequently used first name at a global level, borne by 3,455 people.
This last name is most common in Niger, where it is borne by 512 people, or 1 in 37,484. In Niger Samadou is most frequent in: Maradi Region, where 43 percent reside, Tahoua Region, where 29 percent reside and Zinder Region, where 22 percent reside. Beside Niger it exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 31 percent reside and Indonesia, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Samadou
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