Changou Surname
Approximately 38 people bear this surname
Changou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 25 | 1:830,763 | 57,125 |
| Mauritius | 4 | 1:323,354 | 10,053 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
Changou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Changou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Changou is most common in Cameroon. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Changou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Changou is the 3,185,033rd most frequently held last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 191,777,524 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 82 percent of Changou live; 66 percent live in Central Africa and 66 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
This last name is most common in Cameroon, where it is carried by 25 people, or 1 in 830,763. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: Littoral Region, where 80 percent reside, West Region, where 12 percent reside and Centre Region, where 8 percent reside. Outside of Cameroon it is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Mauritius, where 11 percent reside and The United States, where 8 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 Changou
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