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 is carried by more people in Niger than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Zamou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Zamou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,373,373rd most numerous last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 214,339,586 people. The last name occurs predominantly 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 numerous first name on earth, held by 36 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Niger, where it is carried by 23 people, or 1 in 834,436. In Niger it is primarily found in: Dosso Region, where 48 percent live, Tillabéri Region, where 17 percent live and Niamey Capital District, where 13 percent live. Other than Niger Zamou occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Algeria, where 15 percent live and Cameroon, where 6 percent live.
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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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