Chedjou Surname
Approximately 2,388 people bear this surname
Chedjou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 2,336 | 1:8,891 | 1,160 |
| France | 34 | 1:1,953,609 | 166,012 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Chédjou (1) are calculated separately.
Chedjou (60) may also be a first name.
Chedjou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chedjou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chedjou is found most in Cameroon. It can be found as a variant: Chédjou. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chedjou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 178,787th most frequent family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 3,051,736 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Chedjou are found; 98 percent are found in Central Africa and 98 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,270,172nd most numerous given name globally. It is borne by 60 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 2,336 people, or 1 in 8,891. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: Centre Region, where 42 percent are found, Littoral Region, where 30 percent are found and West Region, where 24 percent are found. Beside Cameroon it occurs in 12 countries. It is also common in France, where 1 percent are found and Canada, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Chedjou
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