Chijou Surname
Approximately 45 people bear this surname
Chijou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 42 | 1:494,502 | 40,134 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Chijou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chijou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chijou occurs in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chijou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,909,720th most frequently occurring last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 161,945,465 people. The last name Chijou occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Chijou live; 93 percent live in Central Africa and 91 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
This last name is most common in Cameroon, where it is carried by 42 people, or 1 in 494,502. In Cameroon it is most common in: Centre Region, where 69 percent live, West Region, where 21 percent live and Adamawa Region, where 2 percent live. Barring Cameroon this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in England, where 2 percent live and France, where 2 percent live.
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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 Chijou
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