Chimou Surname
Approximately 70 people bear this surname
Chimou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 29 | 1:716,175 | 51,453 |
| Greece | 15 | 1:738,653 | 80,079 |
| Niger | 9 | 1:2,132,446 | 40,124 |
| Tunisia | 9 | 1:67,847 | 8,246 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
Chimou (33) may also be a first name.
Chimou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chimou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chimou is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Chimou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,273,756th most frequently used family name in the world, held by around 1 in 104,107,799 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 77 percent of Chimou live; 41 percent live in Central Africa and 40 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,807,719th most common first name on earth, held by 33 people.
This surname is most common in Cameroon, where it is carried by 29 people, or 1 in 716,175. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: Littoral Region, where 69 percent live, Centre Region, where 14 percent live and West Region, where 10 percent live. Aside from Cameroon this surname is found in 8 countries. It is also common in Greece, where 21 percent live and Niger, where 13 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 Chimou
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