Achou Surname
Approximately 4,482 people bear this surname
Achou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 1,487 | 1:15,515 | 1,216 |
| Algeria | 881 | 1:43,850 | 7,723 |
| India | 847 | 1:905,626 | 39,247 |
| Cameroon | 383 | 1:54,227 | 7,038 |
| Morocco | 341 | 1:101,103 | 17,469 |
| Ghana | 277 | 1:97,548 | 9,187 |
| France | 77 | 1:862,633 | 101,453 |
| Benin | 68 | 1:151,994 | 15,721 |
| Niger | 54 | 1:355,408 | 10,225 |
| Uganda | 32 | 1:1,219,977 | 48,798 |
| Brazil | 12 | 1:17,839,528 | 311,080 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Achou (1,501) may also be a first name.
Achou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Achou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Achou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻋﺎﺷﻮﺭ) occurs more in The Ivory Coast more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Achou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Achou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Achou is the 104,673rd most prevalent family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 1,625,958 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 69 percent of Achou reside; 32 percent reside in West Africa and 30 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 200,706th most commonly occurring given name worldwide, held by 1,501 people.
The surname is most commonly held in The Ivory Coast, where it is held by 1,487 people, or 1 in 15,515. In The Ivory Coast Achou is most prevalent in: Lagunes District, where 60 percent are found, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 31 percent are found and Comoé District, where 4 percent are found. Apart from The Ivory Coast Achou exists in 23 countries. It is also common in Algeria, where 20 percent are found and India, where 19 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Achou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Achou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻋﺎﺷﻮﺭ | ashwr | - |
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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
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- 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 Achou
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