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 appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chijou? popularity and diffusion
Chijou is the 2,909,720th most widespread last name in the world, held by around 1 in 161,945,465 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Chijou live; 93 percent live in Central Africa and 91 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
Chijou is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is carried by 42 people, or 1 in 494,502. In Cameroon Chijou is most frequent in: Centre Region, where 69 percent are found, West Region, where 21 percent are found and Adamawa Region, where 2 percent are found. Without taking into account Cameroon this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in England, where 2 percent are found and France, where 2 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 Chijou
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