Tamou Surname
Approximately 14,029 people bear this surname
Tamou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 12,514 | 1:826 | 90 |
| Ivory Coast | 385 | 1:59,925 | 3,521 |
| Cameroon | 261 | 1:79,575 | 9,757 |
| Niger | 185 | 1:103,741 | 4,228 |
| France | 144 | 1:461,269 | 65,815 |
| Morocco | 136 | 1:253,501 | 42,794 |
| Solomon Islands | 109 | 1:5,321 | 726 |
| New Zealand | 62 | 1:73,037 | 10,843 |
| Papua New Guinea | 58 | 1:140,581 | 19,337 |
| Burkina Faso | 51 | 1:359,845 | 5,851 |
| Australia | 40 | 1:674,893 | 46,030 |
| United States | 29 | 1:12,498,584 | 473,286 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| Canada | 7 | 1:5,263,656 | 239,735 |
| Algeria | 6 | 1:6,438,592 | 53,709 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| Chile | 4 | 1:4,404,118 | 44,633 |
| Mali | 4 | 1:4,242,259 | 2,433 |
| Comoros | 4 | 1:187,381 | 421 |
| Japan | 3 | 1:42,614,764 | 59,022 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
Tamou (11,488) may also be a first name.
Tamou Demographics
Average Tamou Salary in
United States
$56,146 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Tamou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tamou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tamou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﺎﻣﻮ) is found most in Benin. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Tamou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Tamou is the 37,535th most frequently used surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 519,463 people. The last name Tamou occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Tamou reside; 93 percent reside in West Africa and 92 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 55,812th most frequently used first name at a global level, held by 11,488 people.
This last name is most frequent in Benin, where it is borne by 12,514 people, or 1 in 826. In Benin it is mostly found in: Borgou Department, where 47 percent live, Alibori Department, where 36 percent live and Atakora Department, where 14 percent live. Not including Benin Tamou exists in 32 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 3 percent live and Cameroon, where 2 percent live.
Tamou Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Tamou are 6.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 60% registered to vote for the political party.
Tamou earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 30.12% more than the national average, earning $56,146 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tamou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tamou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺗﺎﻣﻮ | tamw | 50 |
| ﺗﻤﻮ | tmw | 50 |
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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 Tamou
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