Atoua Surname
Approximately 187 people bear this surname
Atoua Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 64 | 1:324,517 | 29,689 |
| New Caledonia | 36 | 1:7,673 | 1,760 |
| Niger | 29 | 1:661,794 | 16,082 |
| Ivory Coast | 27 | 1:854,490 | 22,281 |
| Benin | 18 | 1:574,200 | 35,798 |
| Burkina Faso | 8 | 1:2,294,012 | 16,398 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Atoua (285) may also be a first name.
Atoua Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Atoua Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Atoua is found in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Atoua? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,239,697th most frequently used last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 38,970,834 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 66 percent of Atoua reside; 33 percent reside in Central Africa and 31 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 524,196th most frequent forename globally, borne by 285 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 64 people, or 1 in 324,517. In Cameroon Atoua is most common in: Centre Region, where 86 percent reside, East Region, where 6 percent reside and Far North Region, where 5 percent reside. Barring Cameroon this last name is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in New Caledonia, where 19 percent reside and Niger, where 16 percent reside.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Atoua
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