Zamou Surname
Approximately 34 people bear this surname
Zamou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 23 | 1:834,436 | 19,133 |
| Algeria | 5 | 1:7,726,310 | 57,379 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Zamou (36) may also be a first name.
Zamou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zamou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Zamou occurs more in Niger more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Zamou? popularity and diffusion
Zamou is the 3,373,373rd most commonly occurring surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 214,339,586 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Zamou are found; 74 percent are found in West Africa and 68 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 1,717,090th most common first name in the world, held by 36 people.
This last name is most common in Niger, where it is held by 23 people, or 1 in 834,436. In Niger it is mostly found in: Dosso Region, where 48 percent reside, Tillabéri Region, where 17 percent reside and Niamey Capital District, where 13 percent reside. Not including Niger this surname is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Algeria, where 15 percent reside and Cameroon, where 6 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 Zamou
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