Cherou Surname
Approximately 117 people bear this surname
Cherou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 55 | 1:377,619 | 33,137 |
| Niger | 51 | 1:376,314 | 10,650 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
The alternate forms: Chérou (1) are calculated separately.
Cherou (131) may also be a first name.
Cherou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cherou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Cherou is found in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms: Chérou. For other possible spellings of Cherou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Cherou? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,683,218th most frequently used family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 62,286,717 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Cherou are found; 91 percent are found in West Africa and 91 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 811,108th most widely held forename at a global level, held by 131 people.
Cherou is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is held by 55 people, or 1 in 377,619. In Cameroon Cherou is most frequent in: Far North Region, where 100 percent reside. Barring Cameroon this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 44 percent reside and Algeria, where 3 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
- 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 Cherou
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