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
Samadou is held by more people in Niger than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Samadou? popularity and diffusion
Samadou is the 452,102nd most common family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 9,703,790 people. The surname Samadou is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Samadou reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 68 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Samadou is also the 120,973rd most widely held first name on earth. It is borne by 3,455 people.
The surname is most widely held in Niger, where it is borne by 512 people, or 1 in 37,484. In Niger it is primarily found in: Maradi Region, where 43 percent are found, Tahoua Region, where 29 percent are found and Zinder Region, where 22 percent are found. Beside Niger it exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 31 percent are found and Indonesia, where 0 percent are found.
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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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