Chegoun Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Chegoun Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 11 | 1:939,600 | 46,216 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Chegoun (1,740) may also be a first name.
Chegoun Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chegoun Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chegoun occurs in Benin more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Chegoun click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chegoun? popularity and diffusion
Chegoun is the 5,391,485th most commonly held last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chegoun reside; 92 percent reside in West Africa and 85 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 183,817th most numerous first name internationally It is held by 1,740 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Benin, where it is held by 11 people, or 1 in 939,600. In Benin Chegoun is mostly found in: Plateau Department, where 64 percent reside, Ouémé Department, where 27 percent reside and Littoral Department, where 9 percent reside. Not including Benin this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 8 percent reside and Niger, 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
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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 Chegoun
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