Chewou Surname
Approximately 32 people bear this surname
Chewou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 22 | 1:944,049 | 61,779 |
| Niger | 6 | 1:3,198,670 | 54,540 |
| Benin | 4 | 1:2,583,900 | 73,293 |
Chewou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chewou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chewou occurs in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chewou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chewou is the 3,485,539th most frequently occurring last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 227,735,810 people. The surname Chewou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chewou reside; 66 percent reside in Central Africa and 66 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
This surname is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is held by 22 people, or 1 in 944,049. In Cameroon Chewou is most common in: Centre Region, where 73 percent are found, West Region, where 9 percent are found and Far North Region, where 5 percent are found. Besides Cameroon Chewou is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 19 percent are found and Benin, where 13 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 Chewou
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