Chegou Surname
Approximately 1,504 people bear this surname
Chegou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 1,482 | 1:12,950 | 913 |
| Brazil | 8 | 1:26,759,292 | 405,030 |
| Algeria | 5 | 1:7,726,310 | 57,379 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
The alternate forms: Chégou (2) are calculated separately.
Chegou (920) may also be a first name.
Chegou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chegou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chegou occurs more in Niger more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Chégou. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chegou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 261,034th most frequently occurring last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 4,845,443 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Chegou reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 267,151st most commonly occurring first name internationally, held by 920 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Niger, where it is borne by 1,482 people, or 1 in 12,950. In Niger it is most numerous in: Agadez Region, where 81 percent are found, Zinder Region, where 7 percent are found and Niamey Capital District, where 5 percent are found. Other than Niger this surname occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 1 percent are found and Algeria, 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 Chegou
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