Adamou
surname · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Adamou is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Niger than in any other country, where it is the most common surname. Recorded meaning: variant of Adam.
- CMCameroon≈1 in 1.1K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 2.5M
- NENiger≈1 in 382
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Niger (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 126 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 382 (inferred from the name graph)
≈60,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Niger, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
- LatinAdam(inferred from the name graph)via Adam
- Ancient GreekἈδάμAdám(inferred from the name graph)via Adam
- Hebrewאָדָםʾāḏām“man, soil, light brown”(inferred from the name graph)via Adam
Steps marked ◐ come from the entry for the form named above them, not from this name's own sources.
variant of Adam
Sources 1
- African Muslim Names
Attested across 19 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Adamou 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NE Niger | #1 | ≈60,000 est. | ≈1 in 382 | 4 | Adamou | 30 |
| CM Cameroon | #18 | ≈25,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.1K | 1 | Adamou | 29 |
| TG Togo | #357 | ≈12,000 est. | ≈1 in 737 | 3 | Adamou | 15 |
| TD Chad | #225 | ≈5,700 est. | ≈1 in 2.9K | — | Adamou | 8 |
| CI Côte d’Ivoire | — | ≈4,400 est. | ≈1 in 6.2K | 367 | — | 7 |
| CY Cyprus | — | ≈260 est. | ≈1 in 4.8K | — | Adamou | 19 |
| US United States | — | 131 | 1 in 2.5M | 218 | Adamou | 81 |
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: Assemblee Nationale du Cameroun — sitting-MP roster, 10eme legislature (2020-2025); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; nomprenoms.ci — ranked Ivorian surname frequencies; Wikidata humans by citizenship — given & family names; Journal Officiel — Liste definitive des candidats (legislatives 2024). 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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Hima Adamoub. 1936NENigerien journalist, actor and playwright
- Assoumane Adamoub. 1942NENigerien civil servant and politician
- Hristakis Adamoub. 1945CYCypriot association football player
- Adamos Adamoub. 1950CYCypriot politician
- Nabil Adamoub. 1975DZAlgerian long jumper
- Evangelia Adamoub. 1976FRFrench linguist
- Yaya Adamoub. 1982CMRussian basketball player (born 1982)
- Ivi Adamoub. 1993CYGreek singer
- Antonis Adamoub. 2002CYbadminton player
- Panayiotis Adamoub. 2007CYbadminton player
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 26 sources across 19 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CI Côte d’Ivoire | nomprenoms.ci — ranked Ivorian surname frequencies | — | 367 | #1,286 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 218 | #90,848 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 131 | #129,825 |
| NE Niger | Wikidata humans by citizenship — given & family names | — | 4 | #4 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 4
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Adamou mean, and where does it come from?
- variant of Adam Recorded by African Muslim Names.
- What are other forms of the name Adamou?
- In the etymology graph, Adamu, Adamo and Akamu are forms of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Adamou have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 60 thousand people named Adamou in the Niger, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled adamou.
- How common is the name Adamou?
- In the United States, the national register counted 131 people named Adamou in 2010, about 1 in 2.5 million residents.
- How common is Adamou compared with other names?
- In the Niger, Adamou is the most common surname of 242 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, “Adamou” — the most common surname in Niger. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.