Chongou Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Chongou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Chongou (7) may also be a first name.
Chongou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chongou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chongou has its highest incidence in Benin. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chongou? popularity and diffusion
Chongou is the 8,968,613th most commonly occurring family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name Chongou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chongou reside; 75 percent reside in West Africa and 75 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Chongou is also the 4,548,448th most frequent first name in the world, held by 7 people.
The surname Chongou is most prevalent in Benin, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 3,445,201. In Benin it is mostly found in: Zou Department, where 67 percent are found and Collines Department, where 33 percent are found. Other than Benin it exists in one country. It is also found in Cameroon, where 25 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 Chongou
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