Samaou Surname
Approximately 1,044 people bear this surname
Samaou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 978 | 1:10,568 | 1,460 |
| Niger | 41 | 1:468,098 | 12,501 |
| Burkina Faso | 21 | 1:873,910 | 9,338 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
Samaou (5,140) may also be a first name.
Samaou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samaou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Samaou is found most frequently in Benin. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Samaou? popularity and diffusion
Samaou is the 349,716th most commonly held surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 6,980,408 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Samaou are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 96 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 94,556th most widespread forename world-wide, borne by 5,140 people.
The last name Samaou is most frequently occurring in Benin, where it is borne by 978 people, or 1 in 10,568. In Benin Samaou is most prevalent in: Donga Department, where 85 percent reside, Collines Department, where 10 percent reside and Atakora Department, where 3 percent reside. Not including Benin it is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 4 percent reside and Burkina Faso, where 2 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 Samaou
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