Bengou Surname
Approximately 351 people bear this surname
Bengou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Congo | 223 | 1:22,373 | 2,508 |
| Algeria | 117 | 1:330,184 | 31,078 |
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
Bengou (229) may also be a first name.
Bengou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bengou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bengou is carried by more people in The Congo than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Bengou.
How Common Is The Last Name Bengou? popularity and diffusion
Bengou is the 799,576th most numerous last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 20,762,239 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Bengou reside; 65 percent reside in Central Africa and 65 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 593,349th most frequent first name world-wide. It is borne by 229 people.
The surname is most numerous in The Congo, where it is borne by 223 people, or 1 in 22,373. In The Congo Bengou is primarily found in: Brazzaville Department, where 50 percent live, Cuvette Department, where 46 percent live and Cuvette-Ouest Department, where 2 percent live. Aside from The Congo this surname exists in 7 countries. It is also found in Algeria, where 33 percent live and Cameroon, where 1 percent live.
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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 Bengou
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