Zatou Surname
Approximately 54 people bear this surname
Zatou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 29 | 1:661,794 | 16,082 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Cameroon | 8 | 1:2,596,134 | 118,056 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
Zatou (64) may also be a first name.
Zatou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zatou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Zatou has its highest incidence in Niger. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Zatou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Zatou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,635,433rd most frequently used family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 134,954,554 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Zatou live; 61 percent live in West Africa and 54 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 1,223,525th most frequently occurring forename on earth, held by 64 people.
Zatou is most numerous in Niger, where it is carried by 29 people, or 1 in 661,794. In Niger Zatou is primarily found in: Zinder Region, where 45 percent reside, Tillabéri Region, where 38 percent reside and Dosso Region, where 7 percent reside. Not including Niger this last name exists in 8 countries. It is also found in Morocco, where 17 percent reside and Cameroon, where 15 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 Zatou
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