Cheyou Surname
Approximately 47 people bear this surname
Cheyou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 35 | 1:593,402 | 45,326 |
| Niger | 7 | 1:2,741,717 | 49,802 |
| Liberia | 5 | 1:881,707 | 33,815 |
Cheyou (14) may also be a first name.
Cheyou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cheyou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Cheyou occurs most in Cameroon. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Cheyou? popularity and diffusion
Cheyou is the 2,843,861st most prevalent family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 155,054,168 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Cheyou live; 72 percent live in Central Africa and 72 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Cheyou is also the 3,024,661st most frequent first name worldwide It is held by 14 people.
It is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is borne by 35 people, or 1 in 593,402. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Littoral Region, where 57 percent are found, West Region, where 34 percent are found and Centre Region, where 3 percent are found. Apart from Cameroon this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 15 percent are found and Liberia, where 11 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 Cheyou
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