Frequency: (116)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
West African: unexplained.
GIVEN NAMES: Muslim 42%; African 28%. Mohamed (5), Lamine (2), Sheriff (2), Souleymane (2), Abdoulaye, Abdul, Abdulai, Abdur, Abou, Aly, Habib, Ibrahima; Mamadou (3), Amadou (2), Foday (2), Lassana (2), Mariama (2), Alieu, Fatou, Mahamadou, Modou, Sekou.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
