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
The last name Chimou is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Chimou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,273,756th most frequently held last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 104,107,799 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 77 percent of Chimou are found; 41 percent are found in Central Africa and 40 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Chimou is also the 1,807,719th most numerous first name globally, held by 33 people.
Chimou is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is held by 29 people, or 1 in 716,175. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Littoral Region, where 69 percent are found, Centre Region, where 14 percent are found and West Region, where 10 percent are found. Excluding Cameroon Chimou is found in 8 countries. It is also common in Greece, where 21 percent are found and Niger, 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 Chimou
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