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
The last name Chegoun is found most frequently in Benin. It may 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 widespread last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. This last name 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 widely held first name internationally It is held by 1,740 people.
This last name is most widely held in Benin, where it is held by 11 people, or 1 in 939,600. In Benin it is most numerous in: Plateau Department, where 64 percent are found, Ouémé Department, where 27 percent are found and Littoral Department, where 9 percent are found. Without taking into account Benin it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 8 percent are found and Niger, where 8 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
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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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