Hàmou

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Hàmou is a male given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Algeria than in any other country.

  • DZAlgeria≈1 in 6.4Kfew records(inferred from the name graph)
  • MAMorocco≈1 in 15K
  • SYSyria≈1 in 23Kfew records

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Countries with no figure are shown too: flat where a national register lists the name without counting it, hatched where only our records hold it. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Algeria (inferred from the name graph)

≈7,300 people, est.

Record sources
234 (measured from records)

corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling

strongest: highest-authority source

≈1 in 6.4K (inferred from the name graph)

Algeria, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Spellings & scripts

(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Hamou in FR France, MA Morocco, US United States and 4 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Cited for this meaning 1

  • Dicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,…

Attested across 13 languages in the etymology graph.

Where the surname Hàmou is found

(measured from records)

Hàmou counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Hàmou is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
DZ Algeria#273≈7,300 est.≈1 in 6.4KlistedHamou22
MA Morocco#340≈2,600 est.≈1 in 15KlistedHamou49
FR France—≈1,500 est.≈1 in 46K183Hamou234
SY Syria—≈1,100 est.≈1 in 23K—Hamou15
US United States—≈130 est.≈1 in 2.6MlistedHamou78
ES Spain—1121 in 447K112Hamou20
CY Cyprus—≈12 est.≈1 in 116K—Hamou6

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Evidence

(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Hàmou under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

Is Hàmou a male or female name?
Hàmou is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
Which countries have the most people with the surname Hàmou?
Mondonomo estimates about 7.3 thousand people named Hàmou in Algeria, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled hamou. After it come Morocco, France, Syria and United States; the country table on this page ranks them.
How common is the name Hàmou?
In Spain, the national register counted 112 people named Hàmou, about 1 in 447 thousand residents.
How common is Hàmou compared with other names?
In Algeria, Hàmou is the 273rd most common surname of 89,473 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Hàmou” — the 273rd most common surname in Algeria. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.

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