Chaou Surname
Approximately 3,852 people bear this surname
Chaou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 2,051 | 1:18,835 | 3,450 |
| Morocco | 1,159 | 1:29,746 | 4,740 |
| France | 313 | 1:212,213 | 33,010 |
| Benin | 96 | 1:107,663 | 12,089 |
| Spain | 71 | 1:658,479 | 29,555 |
| Niger | 65 | 1:295,262 | 8,917 |
| Belgium | 34 | 1:338,137 | 37,845 |
| United States | 15 | 1:24,163,929 | 685,360 |
| Central African Republic | 9 | 1:501,710 | 179 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Germany | 5 | 1:16,101,092 | 397,699 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Oman | 3 | 1:1,229,324 | 8,987 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Comoros | 1 | 1:749,524 | 685 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
The alternate forms: Chaoû (1) are calculated separately.
Chaou (201) may also be a first name.
Chaou Demographics
Average Chaou Salary in
United States
$54,214 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Chaou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chaou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chaou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺷﺎﻭ) is borne by more people in Algeria than any other country or territory. It can also occur as: Chaoû. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chaou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 119,326th most frequently held surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 1,891,886 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 88 percent of Chaou live; 83 percent live in North Africa and 83 percent live in Mahgreb. Chaou is also the 639,077th most common forename at a global level It is held by 201 people.
Chaou is most frequent in Algeria, where it is carried by 2,051 people, or 1 in 18,835. In Algeria Chaou is most common in: Tizi Ouzou Province, where 20 percent live, Blida Province, where 19 percent live and Algiers Province, where 18 percent live. Outside of Algeria this surname occurs in 29 countries. It is also found in Morocco, where 30 percent live and France, where 8 percent live.
Chaou Last Name Statistics demography
Chaou earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 25.64% more than the national average, earning $54,214 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chaou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chaou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺷﺎﻭ | shaw | - |
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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 Chaou
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