Chimoun Surname
Approximately 165 people bear this surname
Chimoun Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 149 | 1:139,390 | 15,562 |
| Sweden | 9 | 1:1,094,084 | 81,336 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chimoun Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chimoun Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chimoun occurs in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Chimoun click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chimoun? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,348,199th most commonly occurring family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 44,166,945 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Chimoun are found; 90 percent are found in Central Africa and 90 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
This last name is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is borne by 149 people, or 1 in 139,390. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: West Region, where 93 percent live, Littoral Region, where 7 percent live and South Region, where 1 percent live. Excluding Cameroon this surname is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 5 percent live and South Africa, 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 Chimoun
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