Around the world, Hamadu (Hamadu 
) is quite a rare principally boy's, but very seldom female forename. The given name Hamadu is habitual in Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly Nigeria, where it is quite a rare predominantly boy's, but very seldom girly name, Ghana, where it is a rare masculine name, and Cameroon. In absolute terms, the name is most common in Nigeria, Ghana, and India. Likewise, Hamadu is the last name as well as the forename.